Johannes Gebauer wrote:
On 30.07.2004 12:42 Uhr, dhbailey wrote
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.
Now there is a lot of guesswork here. I think on the Mac the only bit that is checked for a valid registration is the Ethernet Mac address. On Windows I think it is something else, probably the harddisk serial number.
The registration is definitely _not_ checking on RAM, processor speed and components. That would be pretty silly, as it would make a registration unvalid if any of these are changed, and MakeMusic would have to constantly issue new registrations for people who upgrade their system.
Johannes
You're right, it is guesswork on my part. Guesswork based on what I read in computer magazines concerning WinXP's similar registration system. There's a certain amount of changing that can happen before the registration fails, but it will fail if you change too many things. What was mentioned were things like motherboard, processor, ram. Since Finale's registration system is similar, I was just extrapolating from what I knew.
I know that when I changed my hard-drive and my OS I had to reregister with Makemusic.
I find it difficult to believe that a registration is limited to one piece of data, just as you find it hard to believe it's linked to a more complex formula.
We're both just guessing.
-- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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