[jaws-uk] Re: Authorisation Of Jaws

Hi George and list,

This is correct and I think the move to ILM will in the end be seen as a good 
one, but it is not quite as clear-cut as one might hope.
I know of one person who recently had cause to upgrade the firmware of his DVD 
burner and that was sufficient to trigger the activation sequence again.
We're not talking CPU and mother-board here: not even a new burner, just 
updated firmware. So the best advice is, if you are going to do anything like 
upgrade or replace your hardware, you would be well advised to de-activate 
first, do the upgrade and then re-activate.
Of course, if the worst happens it really won't be a problem getting that lost 
activation restored, but its a slight hassle: albeit one considerably less than 
getting new floppy authorisations, so as I say, overall I think its a good move.

All the best,

Neil

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: George Bell 
  To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:21 PM
  Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Authorisation Of Jaws


  Hi David,

  This question was discussed on access-uk this week, and I obtained the 
following statement from Mervyn Robertson at Sight and Sound.

  George.

  "Part of the authorisation process generates a digital fingerprint of the 
user's system (called a 'locking code'). This will not change unless a major 
system component is changed (motherboard, CPU, etc.). This should mean that 
reinstalls do not change the status of the number of times that the user has 
installed.

  It should be pointed out that the number of installs is nominally set at 3 
(the old authorisation disk usually had an install count of 5). This is not a 
finite limit but intended to be a level beyond which 'might' mean that copy 
protection has been violated or the product has been stolen, shared with 
someone else, etc. We spend a lot of time discussing different scenarios with 
users who want to install on more than three machines and being flexible is 
part of the game.

  It should also be pointed out that replacement of the authorisation disk 
(because it was faulty or damaged) physically took around 10-14 days. Now the 
scheme is electronic, the user can request install count resets over the net or 
can give Sight & Sound a call (or the company that sold them JAWS, who can in 
turn get in touch with us) and we can get install counts reset. Much, much 
quicker than it ever was!"



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  From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of David Quarmby
  Sent: 25 March 2005 16:11
  To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [jaws-uk] Authorisation Of Jaws


  I've a problemn with my Jaws authorisation.  I've already been through the 
process nonce to authorise version 6 on my home computer.  Then today, there 
was a problem with it where the computer would not boot up.  For some reason, 
the master disk was not being recognised.  My son had a look at it and replace 
a cable and everything is up and working again but now Jaws is requesting that 
I authorise my copy of Jaws again. From this discussions that have taken place 
on thie list, I now have 3 lives but if I go through the process all over again 
after already doing it, am I going to loose one of my authorisations again?

  regards
  David Quarmby 
  quarmby@xxxxxxxxxxxx


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