At 3/10/2006 11:51 AM, dhbailey wrote:
>I don't think it can be done on Windows -- the registration number
>necessary to have a fully-functional version of Finale is determined by
>some secret formula based on the physical attributes of the host
>computer (processor speed, motherboard stuff, ram, other hardware
>installed, OS, tons of stuff) which is then forwarded to MakeMusic who
>then responds with an answering number, both of which have to conform to
>some preset standard, within a small range of variations.
>
>So if you add a hard-drive you probably won't have to re-register
>Finale, but if you change enough components or upgrade your operating
>system, you need to reregister.
>
>I don't see how that can be placed on a thumb drive and used on any
>random computer with completely different components so that Finale's
>checking on things to verify that it's a legal installation will
>generate a faulty code which won't allow Finale to work.
I stand corrected.
I didn't know that they use some secret copy-protection stuff that couldn't
be copied from the registry.
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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