On Jul 21, 2010, at 9:46 PM, steve harley wrote: > 3b) in answer to the question about uninstalling, i said yes, assuming LR > uses activation -- which i now see it doesn't, so the uninstall is probably > something to try only if a reinstall doesn't work (i know uninstalling > doesn't really "fix" activation problems, but activation correlates with > "making a mess on the disk")
Hmm. I'm not familiar with the concept of "activation." Maybe it's something I don't need to/want to know about, but I'm curious. >> I see more problems and errors >> created by the obsessive uinstall/reinstall stuff than I see cures. > > um, who's obsessive? i'd only consider uninstalling if one was sure > reinstalling was necessary, and then only with certain types of apps like > those from Adobe; i can count on one or two fingers the number of > uninstallers i've run in the last few years I think Godfrey was referring to me, Steve. He may have suspected I was one of those obsessive "uninstaller/reinstallers." Not exactly, but as a last straw, and after checking with folks who're more knowledgeable than me. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

