Activation maximum reached?........

Have I missed something?....

Tuesday, November 1, 2005 by Corky_O | Discussion: WindowBlinds

Any knowledge available on this one?

I have been testing WB5 beta on my desktop and notebook for the past couple of weeks, by installing the beta directly (no 4.6 pre-install).

I completed that testing, and moved on to installing 4.6 first, and then beta 5 for further testing, and the desktop installed and applied without issue.

The notebook on the other hand installed 4.6 and beta 5, including the "activation product" showing in the progress text toward the end of installation.

I rebooted the computer after both 4.6 and beta 5 install > loaded beta 5 > selected a skin > clicked "Apply this skin now" > received the two images below. Note - I tried this twice (once through router, once directly - all information is correct in text fields).

Any fixes for this one available, or am I SOL?

Will check back after work.

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milksama
Reply #1 Tuesday, November 1, 2005 7:55 AM

This is an anti-piracy mechanism.  I've reset your activation count.

-Mike
[Stardock Support]


Lantec
Reply #2 Tuesday, November 1, 2005 10:17 AM
Pirate!!
AARRRRGGGGHHHH!!

scorpio-logic
Reply #3 Tuesday, November 1, 2005 2:05 PM
Corky the pirate, aaaargggh!

Autumnmist
Reply #4 Tuesday, November 1, 2005 2:22 PM
So uh, how many activations are we allowed??

Corky_O
Reply #5 Tuesday, November 1, 2005 6:36 PM

I've reset your activation count

Thanks, Mike.

All is well.

On my skills as a pirate......I would suck.

If I had the experience needed to be a pirate, I would have already created the "Address book" widget/gadget which integrates perfectly with Outlook that I have been dreaming of since applying the first widget on my desktop......

......Oh, to be such a coder........

Maybe in the next life, I will take a course on software engineering.


KearneyiteNIBC
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 5:26 AM
I too have been told I've reached my maximum activation.   Could I get reset please?  Thanks!

milksama
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 9:28 AM

KearneyiteNIBC: You're all set.

So uh, how many activations are we allowed??

It depends on a number of factors including how many activations have occured within a given time period. If there is an excessive amount of activations (ie you're testing, trying to resolve an issue, or have shared your serial# with your peers) it will set a flag and notify you that you have exceeded your activation limit. We then determine whether to reset the flag based on our records. Either send an email to [email protected], or make a post here or in the newsgroups.  You shouldn't have any issues getting the flag reset (that is unless we see over 100 activations with your serial#, each from a different ip )

In short, the activation limit is nothing to worry about. Over 99% of our customers will never run into this issue.

-Mike
[Stardock Support]


javrs
Reply #8 Friday, November 4, 2005 11:20 AM
I too have reached my max limit. I was having problems with Windowblinds on my desktop and notebook (nearly resolved) when I received the max limit reached msg.

Would you please reset it?

Thanks

peet6969
Reply #9 Saturday, November 5, 2005 10:17 PM
same here, just purchased OD about an hr ago, had problems with WB5, can't seem to activate it and now i get the activation maximum reached message, any help would be appreciated.

thanks in advance

mark7649
Reply #10 Sunday, November 6, 2005 12:56 AM
same here. can you please reset it. I sent an email to customer support but didn't get a response yet.

darkening
Reply #11 Sunday, November 6, 2005 1:23 AM
This is beginning to encroach on my joy of OD. Already using a proprietary interface for activation of Object Desktop Net. Why do I need another potential hurdle.There have been site reliability issues, will there be an alternate way of "activation" if the site is unavailable. A real "pirate" would NOT be inconvenienced by this, but I could be, and since the pirate isn't going to pay for fair use of the software anyway but I am, why do I need it?

Neil Banfield
Reply #12 Sunday, November 6, 2005 6:25 AM

Products can also be activated by e-mail.

Given that the products are activated when you download them, the site being down is unlikely to be a problem as it would have been down when you tried to download it anyway regardless of if it has activation or not.


darkening
Reply #13 Sunday, November 6, 2005 3:32 PM
cool thank you

milksama
Reply #14 Monday, November 7, 2005 3:03 PM

javrs: You have not exceeded your activation limit, but I have reset your count anyway.

mark7649: Your Stardock.net account and registration information has been merged into one record. Additionally, I have reset your activation count.

darkening: You have not exceeded your activation limit, but I have reset your count anyway.

-Mike
[Stardock Support]

 


Urgo
Reply #15 Tuesday, November 8, 2005 3:09 PM
Not sure of this is related but after using ccleaner i got all sort of funny probs with stardock central and wb.
uninstalled everything rebootet and reinstalled sd central and wb 5 beta and i got this problem.

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milksama
Reply #16 Tuesday, November 8, 2005 3:31 PM

Mr Urgo: This might be due to the fact that you have two Stardock.net accounts. They are sharing your email address, but not your Stardock.net info or your Registration info. Please send an email to [email protected] and let us know which sd.net account you would like to retain. We can merge the rest of the information.

-Mike
[Stardock Support]


Urgo
Reply #17 Tuesday, November 8, 2005 3:47 PM
ok hope that is causing the problem , sent a mail to support.

thx

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SithLord15
Reply #18 Tuesday, November 8, 2005 10:34 PM
I am receiving the same error as Mr Urgo when trying to activate WB5 beta 2; 'Could not write the activation signature'. I used my Object Desktop serial number...please help!





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betoyjesus
Reply #19 Wednesday, November 9, 2005 4:02 AM
I'm having both these problems! I've sent email to support in vain. Why me...

d h
Reply #20 Wednesday, November 9, 2005 11:02 AM

Same problem here also.  Got the cannot write activiation signature.  After several attempts to fix... Maximum Activations error.  Sent an email to support Monday, but have not gotten a response yet.  If someone from OD is monitoring this thread, can you reset our counts.


Thanks.


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