shirling & neueweise wrote:
thanks to all for the sensible suggestions. would it be possible with an external drive to partition it (OS9/OSX) and install one of my finale registrations on the portable drive, in order to be mobile for working in different places (i have a tower G4 and won't be getting a portable soon)?
jef
Registration is more complex than your computer simply contacting MakeMusic and asking for a code -- Finale generates a code based on data it extracts from your machine, such as processor type and speed, amount of installed ram and other installed components, your OS, and other things that only MakeMusic and the people they license the registration scheme from understand. That is all processed into a long registration number which is sent to MakeMusic, which generates an answering registration code. Finale only works when both of those codes are in place.
If you move your portable hard drive (assuming Finale will even install to it and you are able to register it with MakeMusic) to a different computer, the components from which Finale extracts the data will have changed and my bet is that Finale will only work in demo mode on any computer other than the one you were connected to when you registered it.
The people who could best answer this question would be MakeMusic itself. They are concerned that only 1 copy of 1 registered installation is working at any one time so one would think that your concept would be valid, but I don't think the registration process takes portable drives into account.
Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask them if you could do what you are proposing, and then let the list know because if I'm wrong, you may have hit on a terrific new concept!
-- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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