Re: removing authorization key, putting it back later

  • From: Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:47:40 -0800

John and list,
John, as I said before: whenever you change the hardware, JAWS will ask you to reactivate it. This is because the auth code relies on hardware. If a hardware change occvffs (for example, replacing a CD-ROM drive or adding additional memory), JAWS will no longer work with the current activation because JAWS sees that it has different hardware, thus different locking code from the previous hardware. You'll need to activate it in order for JAWITH to adopt to new hardware (that is, you'll need to reactivate it in order to get a new code based on the new hardware locking code/fingerprint). Hope it makes sense to you now. 
Cheers,
Joseph


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:40:00 -0600
Subject: Re: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
What the heck are you talking about? I *am* 
living by their rules.  It's not
as if I have a choice. I can't force FS to 
change their authorization

scheme just for lil' old me.
All I'm doing is expressing my opinion about 
that scheme.  Do you have a
problem with that? The topic came up. I 
pointed out some serious problems
with the new scheme. Why in the world would 
you have a problem with that?


Sheesh!




----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Harmon" 
<rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
Exactly, if you don't like the way it works 
then don't use it.  But if you
are going to use it then you live by their 
rules period, end of story.


Rick




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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: removing authorization key, 
putting it back later
For one thing, it's not a problem. It's by 
design.  For a second thing,
if you're going to be using it, you'd darned 
well better read up on it.
Third, whether you or anyone else thinks 
it's stupid is irrelevant, this
is the way it is. Ranting and stamping your 
foot isn't going to change
it. Your software would be more expensive 
if there were no
copy-protection scheme associated with it. 
Now I'll leave you to hold

your breath until your face turns blue.
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:39:15 -0600, "John 
Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

said:
Reading up on the authorization scheme makes 
it clear that this will

happen,
the universe is unfolding as it should. FS 
is also extremely good about
resetting authorizations very quickly, no 
questions asked.
1. I shouldn't have to "read up on the 
authorization scheme".
2. I already said i understand how it works 
*technically* -- my point was

that i think it's bogus.
3. It's ridiculous to have to get 
reauthorized just because i swapped out

my
CD-ROM drive. I don't care how many ways 
you spin that, it's still

stupid.
4. Though FS is fairly quick about handing 
out reauthorizations, while

I'm
waiting, , I'm stuck either without a CD-ROM 
drive or without jaws.
I'm not necessarily saying the old scheme 
was better.  That one had it's
problems too. I think when I'm paying $1000 
for a piece of software, it

ought not have a problem like this.
FS is so wooried that their software will be 
pirated that they're turning
off paying customers like myself. I now 
have a Macintosh and am learning

to
use VoiceOver. VoiceOver is already almost 
good enough for me to switch

to
full time. I'm hoping the next release puts 
it over the top.  Second, I

have
begun to install Window-Eyes on all PCs I 
set up along with Jaws.  That

way
once in a while, I can give Window-eyes a 
spin.  Finally, I have a linux

machine and am about to give Orca a try.



PS: VoiceOver and orca are free.



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