If memory serves, activation only became mandatory after Delphi 7. With Delphi 6 you could simply continue to use the installed software in an "unactivated"/unregistered state. As long as your licenses are all in order for each installed instance I would see no problem with that state of affairs.
And given the woeful state of the license management facilities (or I should say complete lack of) on the Borland/CodeGear/Embarcadero Developer Network account site, I would count yourself lucky that you are still using Delphi 6 and are thus able to manage your licenses in "the real world" in this way rather than having them trapped in the "virtual world" of the license management system. NOTE: This is not an endorsement of running unregistered software without relevant licenses. From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Eion McIntosh Sent: Thursday, 17 June 2010 09:00 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: [DUG] Delphi Reinstall Hi My position is being disestablished within 3 months, in Christchurch unless I wanted to move to Dunedin, which I didn't at this stage, and so am looking for new position, if I can find one, but the company has a number of Delphi applications which I'm the soul developer for and they want to install a instance of the version I've being using, 6, so they can maintain them if needed. I don't know if any of the other developers have any experience in Delphi, but that's up to them, but the last time I updated my PC it took some time to get it registered, because it created a registration different key each time it is installed, I think based on the PC specs. My questions are, is it still possible to register a version this old or will continue to work ok, without any issues, if it is installed, but remained unregistered? If anyone can help on any of these points it would be appreciated. Regards Eion McIntosh | Business Systems Analyst | Silver Fern Farms Limited 199 - 201 Cashel St | PO Box 283, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand Tel +64 3 371 6725 | Fax +64 3 366 4412 | Mob +64 27 221 1438 Email <mailto:eion.mcint...@silverfernfarms.co.nz> eion.mcint...@silverfernfarms.co.nz Web <http://www.silverfernfarms.co.nz/> http://www.silverfernfarms.co.nz Silver Fern Farms - 100% Made of New Zealand This email (including any attachments) is confidential. If you have received it in error, please let us know immediately by return email and delete it from your system.
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