On 10 Mar 2005 at 10:25, Christopher Smith wrote: > The software works for 30 days without any > contact with MakeMusic. When the thirty days are up, delete it and > reinstall for another 30 days, if you need to. Probably after Finale > goes under you will be creating your new works on some other software, > so this should permit you to re-print and edit your old files.
If it allows you to uninstall and re-install and end up with 30 more days, it certainly makes a complete mockery of the idea of copy protection of any kind whatsoever. I have never encountered any software with an expiring trial period that does not write data to the system to prevent more than one trial period. I've seen it even with $20 software, let alone software that retails for hundreds of dollars. Now, on Windows XP, it might be possible to save a restore point, install Finale, and after the 30 days run out, revert to the restore point and re-install. But that's an awful lot of work (and only relevant to one OS version), though it might be worth it to keep editing your files in the dark days after MakeMusic has gone under. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
