Windows XP activation was...Re: removing authorization key, putting it back later

  • From: Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:53:29 -0800

Note, I've changed the subject line in order to match its content. 


John and list,
At one time, Windows XP required you to reactivate with Microsoft if the same thing happened. This applied mostly to retail version (not VLK version). As someone said, get a USB dongle. That's the only way to go. 



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:45:12 -0600
Subject: Re: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
Geez! I already explained what is my problem 
with it.  It's damn
inconvenient to have to get a new 
authorization code every time you do
something as minor as swap out a CD-ROM drive 
oraa video card.  That's
ridiculous. No other piece of software that 
I know of requires anything like
that. And knowing about it doesn't make it 
any better.  it's still stupid.
You say you don't have a problem with it. 
Why not? Can you tell me of other
licensed software that has such a draconian 
authorization scheme? Isn't jaws
authorization scheme *the* very worst? Can 
you name one that is worse?
From: "Rick Harmon" 
<rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
So what's the big deal??? You had to wait 
till the next morning?  FS

clearly
states if you have one ILM left you should 
call and have it reset.  FS

asks
no questions and I feel it's a acceptable 
practace for the most part.


Rick




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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
It was a Sunday night so I didn't get 
reauthorized until the next day.
The real problem is that when stuff like 
this happens, it looks bad.  It
makes me look like a burden to my employer 
and it makes me angry with FS.
When something as simple as swapping out a 
CD-ROM drive becomes a half-day
ordeal, it makes me look incompetant. I 
shouldn't have to go through that.
Like a lot of techies, Monday morning is 
busy for me.  It is unacceptable

for
my PC to be popping up messages saying I 
have to reboot in 3 minutes.  I'm
supposed to be *fixing* computers, not 
struggling to keep my own working.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)" 
<Ted.Lisle@xxxxxx

To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: RE: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
That is a bit much, although it's just a 
technicality.  Did St.
Petersburg have you up and running again 
quickly?


Ted



-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On

Behalf Of John Heim
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:49 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
I don't know which way is better. A couple 
of weeks ago, my CD-ROM drive
died. I swapped in a new one and lost my 
jaws authorization.  Now, that

is
bogus. Why in the world would I have to 
reauthorize a license for

anything
just because I swapped out a CD-ROM drive? 
Oh, I know there is a good
*technical* explanation. But from a 
customer service standpoint, that is


truly bogus.
When you pay $1000 for a piece of software, 
you expect better service

than
that.
From: "Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)" 
<Ted.Lisle@xxxxxx

To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:58 AM
Subject: RE: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
This is really not as big a hassle as it 
seems.  In a lot of ways,

ILM's
are less trouble than their predecessors. 
You no longer have to worry
about an optimization program trashing your 
key.  Furthermore, if you

do
need a fresh supply, getting replacements is 
far easier than it used

to
be. The old process involved either reset 
codes, which did not always

work, or waiting for a fresh disc to arrive.



Ted



-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On

Behalf Of Leonard Salinas
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:30 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: re: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
not only that, if you change any hardware in 
your system the ilm

authorization is render invalid.
Legend has it that on Monday 1/29/2007 11:23 
PM, Joseph Lee said:

Patricia,
ILM is different from Quela authorization.
If you have Quela autherization (JAWS 5.1 or 
earlier), use HJAUTH
utility to save the auth key back to the 
diskette and install it
later. With ILM, you can indeed remove auth 
code, but you cannot

install it later.
You'll need to activate it again (ILM looks 
for the hardware
fingerprint in order for it to work). If the 
drive is changed (for
example, formatted), then it will ask you to 
reactivate it.

Cheers,
Joseph



----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia" <bcsarah.fan@xxxxxxxxx
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:21:52 -0800
Subject: removing authorization key, putting

it back later



is there a way that you can remove your
authorization key (sauy for formatting your 
computer) and then
putting it back later so that you don't have 
to redo your keys
thereby losing another key? I don't see any 
way of doing this, and
am asking on a friend's behalf but I think 
that if there ins't a way
there should be because then people wouldn't 
have to constantly call

FS or fill out the form online.



Patricia



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