Gang,
I wish to publicly thank Adobe for following through and remotely deactivating
one of my two (legal) FrameMaker 10 installations. This is required so that I
can install FM10 on a new laptop that I just purchased. It still remains to be
seen if I can install FM from a thumb-drive (after copying the installation
files from the original Adobe DVD).
As I described previously, the failing laptop (a Toshiba Satellite A205) where
the second installation lies boots with a black screen (which cannot be
rectified no matter what keystroke sequence I use). Therefore, I'm not able to
open and then deactivate it myself on that laptop.
By the way, I'm willing to pass this laptop (minus the hard drive) on to anyone
out there who wants it as a "project computer" to diddle with in your spare
time. I'd ask only for the shipping fee. Interested individuals should please
email me off this list.
-- Ken in Atlanta
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On Friday, July 1, 2022 at 10:27:07 AM EDT, Ken Poshedly
<[email protected]> wrote:
Gang,
A little help requested here regarding my non-subscription installation of
FrameMaker. Basically, can FM10 be run from an external hard drive? Also, can
it be installed from a thumb-drive.
I legally own FrameMaker 10 and have no desire or need to upgrade (for
financial and other reasons). I have installed it legally both on my desktop
Windows 10 computer and (per the ULA) on my seldom-used Toshiba Windows 10
laptop.
The problem is that the Toshiba is about six or more years old and literally
failing. It booted up just fine a few months ago, but then last weekend it
wouldn't power up at all -- even after leaving it connected to its wall-charger
overnight. I was told that the internal laptop battery was simply too expired
to take or hold an external charge, so I purchased a new laptop battery ($$$)
and left it overnight with wall-charger connected.
The next morning, the laptop powered up but with a black screen. After
researching that problem (using my trusty desktop computer) and running a
procedure, I was able to boot the laptop, but this time got a totally white
screen. The online advice leans towards possible internal repairs/replacement
-- stuff that just too pricey to do on this thing.
So I purchased a "newly remanufactured" HP laptop with an SSD and loads more
speed and capacity (just under $400 at my local MicroCenter).
Ideally, I'd like to "deactivate" the FM10 installation on the Toshiba HD, then
install it on the new HP laptop. (And that would require copying everything
from my Adobe FM10 DVD onto a thumb-drive because newer laptops just don't have
DVD drives.)
But I can't do that because of the "white screen" problem with the Toshiba and
I don't have access to an external monitor.
I can easily pop the Toshiba laptop hard drive out, stick it in a case and run
it from the new HP laptop via a USB cable as an external hard drive, but will
FM10 run using that arrangement?
If not, then I guess I'll have to phone Adobe for their support in this matter.
And can they deactivate only the laptop installation? And can FM10 be
reinstalled from a thumb-drive?
-- Ken in Atlanta
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