Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread josh
that it would work on my computer from 2002 that has a linksys wifi USB adapter and maybe some other things that ubuntu is not liking. - Original Message - From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
I know, I wish linux would go mainstream one of these days, legally that would solve loads of things when it finally did. At 06:09 a.m. 22/12/2007, you wrote: >Hi Shaun, >The law is on the side of the parent company who holds the copyrights >for the software. If you buy Windows Vista for $250 on

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
Yeah I aggree. Its the guys that sell the stuff for a buck in china and such for a dollar that I really hate a load. The rest of us are or are supposed to be honest people or at least we hope so. I don't mind if stuff is reasonable, but having to pay more for a key escapes me. If that were the ca

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, The law is on the side of the parent company who holds the copyrights for the software. If you buy Windows Vista for $250 one day and your computer dies the next and you need a product key replacement and microsoft charges $215 for the new key that is their legal right. That is the ac

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Well, hardware activations are hard to crack for the average gamer. However, if there is a will there is a way. I have already found cracks for Vista ultament and Windows Server 2008, and the question is what did all of Microsoft's security acomplish them? Answer is it didn't change a

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Raul a. Gallegos
I would like to add that I recently needed extra keys for the vista machine at home where I've installed all my games since getting rid of my last XP machine earlier this month. I successfully received keys for Sarah from Phil as well as the necessary keys from BSC and GMA without a problem wha

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
thats all and good as long as you are prepaired to offer keys or a sertain number of keys per month etc free or have some scheme. I do aggree with tom that I'd rather pirate than pay more than the product cost just to get another licence, that really drives me away. i personally don't know what I

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
yeah that really sucks. Hardware activations are their own evil, they are hard to crack but they couse the never ending user headake, which is probably why users will get pirated coppies to bypass it. Yet you make it to easy and your software is just passed round and round and round. So what's t

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Che
I use hardware based keys for the simple reason it is much harder for pirates to crack your software and distribute free copies of your games. I offer replacement keys in a timely manner for those that have hardware failures, but this has only occured a handful of times out of 200 plus copie

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Liam, Yeah, it is not an easy choice by any means. At first I had plans to go the hardware id root, and then my laptop died, I picked up a used laptop cheap, and discovered Microsoft screwed me over the hardware id and product activation in Vista. That seriously changed my mind about the fai

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Yeah, i believe Phil will give you another Sarah key. He has mentioned on list a time or two he doesn't have a problem sending out an extra product key as long as you own the second computer. dark wrote: > thanks tom, I know you bought a knew laptop comparatively recently, which is >

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Exactly. USA Games also doesn't offer hardware based keys because it is both a hastle for everyone, and I personally can relate to the end user experience of having a new key generated every time you buy a new computer, do hardware upgrades, etc. For example, back in February I purchased Win

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Liam Erven
't >> abuse the >> privallage and ask for new keys every two weeks. >> >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" >> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread dark
AIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop > Hi Dark, > I can say based on Personal experience BSC and GMA have no problems with > issuing you a second key for your laptop. I did it not that l

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread dark
Well, I have already installed all the Draconis games on my laptop without any trouble, which is handy, thanks. as for backing up keys, at the --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your sub

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Draconis Entertainment
rom: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop > > >> Hi Dark, >> I can say based on Personal experience BSC and GMA have no problems

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Liam Erven
PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop > Hi Dark, > I can say based on Personal experience BSC and GMA have no problems with > issuing you a second key for your laptop. I did it not that long ago > when I purchased my used Averitec laptop, and wrote BSC and GMA, told > the

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, I can say based on Personal experience BSC and GMA have no problems with issuing you a second key for your laptop. I did it not that long ago when I purchased my used Averitec laptop, and wrote BSC and GMA, told them what I needed, why i needed new keys, and my laptop keys were emaile

[Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-19 Thread dark
Hi. Appologies to people if I've asked this before, but last time I was in the middle of a music festival and thus it never got done. I'm at my parents, on my laptop now, and would like to install some of my games. I stil of course have all the setup files and keys. I remember people saying