John R
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Hello Kieran,
I am no legal eagle so I cannot comment on the indicated directives.
However I can assure you that Adobe does not allow software to run beyond the 30 day grace period. The upshot of this is that if your software requires re-activation at any time after 30 days following the original activation, it will not function at all, until reactivation.
Additionally I downloaded the Photoshop CS2 demo whilst I waited for mine to arrive. This worked fine. BUT when I re-formated my C: drive and re-installed the CS2 demo it claimed my 30 day period was up. But only sixteen days had actually expired. My clock is correct. Adobe informed me that the software will only install once, even within the 30 day period.
Following that I de-installed CS2 and installed CS1, CS1 activated fine but would not install RAW camera support because of a ‘remnant’ file from CS2. The only way to get that to work was to copy an entire back-up folder to my reformatted drive.
Again the activation software was at fault by claiming the demo period was up.
The activation software is faulty in many ways and needs to be fixed or scraped. -
Thank you all for your replies.
But I am amazed by the complacency.
I move myself, my laptop and my software around the world. The hardware in the laptop does not change, but on occasion Adobe activated products imagine that it has.
Talking to Adobe support centres they questioned whether I had wireless internet or not. I got the feeling that numerous i.p. locations may affect the activation retention process?
I am aware that Adobe uses .tmp files as part of its activation system, why should this be considered an acceptable way to operate? Do we have to leave our machines cluttered with .tmp files lest we erase the vital one?
A thread in your replies was the prevention of piracy. I have two thoughts on this, in five minutes I would defy anyone to be unable to find cracked software. So the thieves will steal no matter how difficult the activation process is. I would imagine that the harder the software is to crack the greater the incentive to the hackers.
Secondly, like yourselves I have bought all this software. That is why I am livid that when I try to use it I am prevented from doing so by activation software that is of no practical use as the cracked versions are out there. Thieves may be to blame but we pay the price!http://www.toadovision.co.uk/boxes