Re: New features JFW 6.0 that I dislike

  • From: "David Grossoehme" <davegross1@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:23:22 -0600

Hi Guys:  I believe that this subject was spoken about right after JFW6.0 
hit the market.  It seems like another program that wasn't completely tested 
before it hit the market.  Unfortunately, it just one more thing to set us 
back from the sighted user of a computer.
Your Friend
Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <philwh@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: New features JFW 6.0 that I dislike


> Hi.
> I am not the orginal person that started this thread,
> but this is my experience and what the techs told me.
> any change in your computer requires a new key.
> I added an additional hard drive. i had
> to reauthorize.
> I replaced a bad floppy drive, another key gone.
> I temporarily put a different sound card in
> to test it, another key.
> by the way, jfw doesn't tell you what has prompted the reauthorization,
> it just says that you must run the proceedure or
> run in demo mode.
> this problem has happened to me even if I haven't changed anything
> that I know of.
> I have had to call fs 3 times so far to
> have them fix my keys.
> the last time, the tech told me to buy a dongle
> to solve the problem, more money for fs of course.
> phil
>
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 04:03:07PM -0500, Jerry Neufeld wrote:
>> Hello Dick.
>>
>> I was curious about FS's verification procedure. Do you happen to know 
>> what
>> they consider a significcant change in the machine? And if they do come 
>> up
>> with what they view a significant change, I assume they allow eloquence 
>> to
>> tell you so? If I ask these questions, it is because one of my machines 
>> will
>> no longer talk once the desktop comes up, or at least, I think it's up. I
>> will know tomorrow when an assistant confirms my hypothesis that it is 
>> the
>> new SoundBlaster audigy platinum that wants registering before it lets me
>> proceed.
>>
>> In any event, any info you have on this issue would be interesting to a 
>> lot
>> of us.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jerry
>> jerry.neufeld@xxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "AB7HW Dick Lee Chrisman" <ab7hw@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 3:50 PM
>> Subject: New features JFW 6.0 that I dislike
>>
>>
>> > One new feature that started with JFW 6.0 is the many times JFW wants 
>> > to
>> > perform a Verification!  It seems like JFW 6.0 seems to think I have 
>> > made
>> > a
>> > change to MY COMPUTER and I under line MY COMPUTER, I have had to have 
>> > my
>> > Authorization Keys up dated 10 times or more so far!
>> > So I have to go out and have a email sent to Freedom Scientific to 
>> > request
>> > new Keys, in 24 hours or so they do up date my number of Keys, but if I 
>> > do
>> > not do this in time I will be running in Demo Mode while being a Legal
>> > paid
>> > up JFW user with additional SMA's paid for!
>> > Freedom Scientific does not argue about providing new Keys, to their
>> > credit!
>> > I wrote Freedom Scientific and ask about, but of course they have never
>> > heard of this complaint or problem?
>> > Today I rebooted or should I say shut off the computer and restarted 
>> > and
>> > both times it ask for a new Verification and of course removed one Key 
>> > for
>> > each occurrence, Poop!
>> > I hope Freedom Scientific finds this to be as big of a Pain to them as 
>> > it
>> > is
>> > for me and fixes this problem!
>> > I don't think their new way of Verifying users is well thought out, so
>> > that
>> > is my only complaint on the new JFW 6.0!
>> > I look forward to their correcting this dilemma!
>> > Dick Chrisman
>> >
>> >
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