It's not deactivation that is the problem. The problem is that the
activation does not stick. When I look in the Windows Registry, I see
that the hard drive migration has generated an orphaned SID structure,
which may be where the problem is. If my suspicion is right, the License
key activation is cemented into that part of the registry, which is now
robbed of its administrative rights, and thus can't validate properly.
I am going to try a full reinstall of my Windows system, which probably
is a good idea anyway for unrelated reasons. However if that fixes the
problem, PS CS6 is still cumbersome to use on modern screens because the
menu text and icons are tiny.
Thanks for the warning on Corel licensing...
Jostein
Den 27.10.2018 03:21, skrev John:
On 10/26/2018 16:43, Jostein wrote:
After a harddrive replacement a good year ago, Photoshop CS6 has kept
nagging me for its license key every time I open the program. All
online suggestions for fixing have been tried to no avail.
So, now I'm thinking it's time to move on. CS6 is getting old, and the
UI does not scale well on larger screen resolutions. But a CC
subscription is not an option.
Anyone on the list using Corel Paintshop Pro or Affinity Photo?
- I'd love to hear your experiences. :-)
Jostein
If you activated CS6 when you originally installed it you should be able
to find your product key in your Adobe "Account".
I went through that my failed attempt to install the Windoze10 "upgrade"
on my Photoshop computer & discovered that the Microsoft Windoze backup
I made wouldn't restore. I ended up having to reinstall software from disk.
Fortunately I had the disks.
IIRC, I had to go on to Adobe's site to "deactivate" one instance of
Photoshop on my computer before I could activate it on the same computer
even though I was attempting to install it on the same computer it had
already been installed on.
It wouldn't let me enter my license key as long as it thought it was
already installed on two computers.
When I later switched over to SSD's it migrated with no hassle. Go figure.
I've used Corel Paintshop Pro and found their licensing arrangements to
be even less congenial than Adobe's.
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