Well, they were nearly forced to send us dongles for free after early builds of JAWS 11 caused major activation issues on some machines. What did they then go and do? Fix it in later builds!
Signed by Chris Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook: christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40 On 30/06/2010 1:36, Alvin wrote:
This is precisely what FS told me to do, that is to purchase a dongle. Oh come
on! throwing good money over the bad one?
Enough is enough! Afterall, when one purchase the SMA, there is no way one can
be sure that the newer version of jaws is what they needs.
Besides, I have been using my laptop for 2 and half years and have not changed
or installed any new component, by just activating blue tooth and switching to
wi-fi will trigger the infamous activation request. I don't think you need to
pay 1000 dollars to face the music! And what FS can do is ask you to pay out
more money, to buy a dongle. Easy way out!
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Carlson
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: activation:
Kenny,
Your locking code will not help anyone else solve the problem. The locking
code is a unique number generated by your computer based on the combination of
several hardware items installed. Think of it like a Checksum used to validate
a very large hexadecimal number. If you don't know what a checksum is, try
Googling it.
In any case your locking code can change when hardware (and apparently some
drivers) change and when it does, it triggers JAWS to request a new activation
code. This is because JAWS assumes that a new locking code means that you have
installed JAWS on a completely different computer. Their strategy to control
the number of JAWS installations per user is valid, but the implementation is
flawed.
So forget your locking code, and just do what Alex said. Download the latest
JAWS 11 dot 0 dot 1461 (that's the latest) and install. See what happens. If
you still have problems then you need to let Freedom Scientific know, or if
you're fed up with it, purchase a dongle and you don't have to mess with the
activation key any more.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Kenny
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 09:11
Subject: activation:
Hi Alan this is kenny. Here is the locking code. I wonder if these things
change if you get the activation prompt?
100-222bb
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