<snip> Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? </snip>
Maybe. But. - If FM 7.2 does everything you need, there might not be a reason to update. - Not everybody can get the money for updates. While it might be relatively cheap to buy a single license, the cost grows quickly when you need to update entire departments. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed.Hosain at aeris.net Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:22 AM To: David Creamer; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... > I use both FM 7.2 and 8 on the same Vista 32-bit system without problems. > I just open the version I want to use first. Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I don't have a need to send .fm or .book files to people, but if I did, I could save it in FM7.2 format if needed (as far as I recall) from within FM 8. > If you used up both of your activations, you will have a problem. I had a > problem starting FM8 under Boot Camp (booting natively into Windows) and > then opening the Boot Camp partition via Parallels in that FM8 activated > both times on my portable. That gave me problems installing it on my tower > with a similar Boot Camp/Parallels configuration. A quick call to Adobe > reset the activation. I think as long as you are not calling every week, > they generally trust the user. That is what happened to me effectively. I used their licensing approach to put one copy on my laptop and another on my home PC - where I occasionally do work on the files (no one else uses either system). This became a problem when my laptop hard drive became flaky. > By the way, either a FM update or a Parallels update removed the problem > from happening again. I am not sure I understand this exactly. Do you mean that when you did an FM update (from like version 8 to version 8.0.1 or later) on an installations, the activation problem is no longer a problem? How? > A quick call to Adobe reset the activation. I think as long as you are not > calling every week, they generally trust the user. True. I have been buying FM from them (well, actually Frame Technology first) since version 3 (on a Sun UNIX platform) way back when, beta-tested the first Windows release, and have all the license keys handy to provide if I ever needed to! :) Z _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as mike.feimster at acstechnologies.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mike.feimster%40acst echnologies.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
