License Questions

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What of these could cause the invailidation on a Card Vault License.

Add a IDE Device.
Remove IDE Device.
Repartion a second harddrive.
Repartion the harddrive that Cardvault is installed on
Moving the Partion that Cardvault exists on to another location on the
hard drive
Add an OS like Linux
Remove an OS like Linux
Add RAM
Remove RAM
Upgrade CPU
Install Hardware like Soundcard,Video Card or firewire
Remove Hardware like Soundcard,Video Card or firewire
Install a Service Pack
Uninstall a Service Pack
Adding a USB device
Removing a USB device
Adding a SCSI Device
Removing a SCSI Device
Certain software that causes problems

Thank you for you help.



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[jim at timewarpcomics.com]

Jon Fetting wrote:

> What of these could cause the invailidation on a Card Vault License.
>
These shouldn't:

Add a IDE Device.
Remove IDE Device.
Repartion a second harddrive.
Add an OS like Linux
Remove an OS like Linux
Install Hardware like Soundcard,Video Card or firewire
Remove Hardware like Soundcard,Video Card or firewire
Adding a USB device
Removing a USB device
Adding a SCSI Device
Removing a SCSI Device

These might:

Repartion the harddrive that Cardvault is installed on
Moving the Partion that Cardvault exists on to another location on the
hard drive
Add RAM
Remove RAM

These will:

Upgrade CPU
Install a Service Pack
Uninstall a Service Pack
Certain software that causes problems

I'm just guessing here, but trying to use logical choices.


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[rob]

Jim's response was not entirely accurate. The list of things I can think of
that will cause CV to invalidate a license are the following:

1. Installing a new operating system (fresh or as an upgrade) that CV must
run under. Installing Linux as a second operating system will have no
impact on CV. Upgrading from Win98 to XP will.
2. Re-installing the current operating system. This does NOT include
patches and the like, which should have no impact unless they tweak
fundamental settings of the O/S that should not generally be touched by
patches after initial installation.
3. Adding, changing, or deleting the user login accounts under which CV
will run. If you install CV under a login account named "Fred" and then
change the account name to "Joe", CV will think you're on a new computer.
Similarly, if you install under "Fred" and try to access CV from a separate
"Joe" account, CV will think it's on a different machine.
4. Installing and running a software program that diddles around with basic
information on your system that is supposed to remain static after the O/S
is installed. I don't know of any such programs by name, although I'm aware
that such programs do exist. They aren't generally used by the average
consumer.
5. Deleting the file "cvkey.lic" from the Card Vault installation directory
will unlicense CV. This file is retrieved from our server when the
licensing wizard is completed. If the file is deleted, just run the wizard
again and you'll be good to go.

To my knowledge, no other items should impact CV's licensing. Please note
that this may change in a future update of CV. We're working on an improved
algorithm for identifying computers that will likely be introduced in a
future update, at which point the "rules" about what will/won't trigger
license invalidation may change.

Hope this helps,
Rob

At 06:53 AM 9/15/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>What of these could cause the invailidation on a Card Vault License.
>
>Add a IDE Device.
>Remove IDE Device.
>Repartion a second harddrive.
>Repartion the harddrive that Cardvault is installed on
>Moving the Partion that Cardvault exists on to another location on the
>hard drive
>Add an OS like Linux
>Remove an OS like Linux
>Add RAM
>Remove RAM
>Upgrade CPU
>Install Hardware like Soundcard,Video Card or firewire
>Remove Hardware like Soundcard,Video Card or firewire
>Install a Service Pack
>Uninstall a Service Pack
>Adding a USB device
>Removing a USB device
>Adding a SCSI Device
>Removing a SCSI Device
>Certain software that causes problems
>
>Thank you for you help.


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Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com


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