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Question regarding CD and registration

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Hello all,
I picked up the cd for army builder and have noticed a problem recently
on startup.  I had not used AB for awhile and tonight inserted the cd. 
Immediately the install program started up, no big deal I simply closed
it down.  However AB will not now recognize that the cd is in there, it
will only load the demonstration mode and ask if I want to purchase
now.  This has happened before, but corrected itself after shutting
down the program and restarting it.  However tonight that does not seem
to be working.  Any ideas? 
Thanks,
Chris
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Most likely, this is due to the use of external disk drives that are 
sometimes present and sometimes not (e.g. Zip or Jaz drives). When these 
disks are present, they use up a drive letter, and when they are not 
present (OR even just turned OFF), they do NOT use a drive letter. This 
results in the drive letters for subsequent drives (e.g. CD drives) to 
CHANGE between runs. I never anticipated this behavior with the V1.x 
version of the CD, so AB gets confused when the drive letter assigned to 
the CD gets changed between runs. The solution here is to always run AB 
with the same set of drives present (turned on) all the time.

It is also possible that you may have invalidated your registration 
completely. This can occur if you re-install the operating system (e.g. 
upgrading to Win98). If this has occurred, then you will need to have your 
registration transferred to the new code. The full policy on transferring 
registrations is outlined within the Frequently Asked Questions topic under 
the Help menu and on the web-site.

Let me know if either of these issues might be the problem. If not, please 
provide as much information as possible so that I can try to figure out 
what might be going wrong.

Thanks, Rob


At 07:06 PM 2/26/00 -0800, you wrote:

>Hello all,
>I picked up the cd for army builder and have noticed a problem recently
>on startup.  I had not used AB for awhile and tonight inserted the cd.
>Immediately the install program started up, no big deal I simply closed
>it down.  However AB will not now recognize that the cd is in there, it
>will only load the demonstration mode and ask if I want to purchase
>now.  This has happened before, but corrected itself after shutting
>down the program and restarting it.  However tonight that does not seem
>to be working.  Any ideas?
>Thanks,
>Chris


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One fine day in the middle of the night, Chris McMahon <corummc@aol.com>
got up to write:

>Hello all,
>I picked up the cd for army builder and have noticed a problem recently
>on startup.  I had not used AB for awhile and tonight inserted the cd. 
>Immediately the install program started up, no big deal I simply closed
>it down.  However AB will not now recognize that the cd is in there, it
>will only load the demonstration mode and ask if I want to purchase
>now.  This has happened before, but corrected itself after shutting
>down the program and restarting it.  However tonight that does not seem
>to be working.  Any ideas? 

Have you switched to using multiple user profiles on the same computer?
That might have that effect (it certainly does here).

Reinstall AB from the CD, then download and install v1.4d over the top
of it from [url]http://www.wolflair.com/[/url].

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rob bowes <ro-@wolflair.com> wrote: 
original article:[url]http://www.egroups.com/group/armybuilder/?start=594[/url]
> Most likely, this is due to the use of external disk drives that are 
> sometimes present and sometimes not (e.g. Zip or Jaz drives). When
these 
> disks are present, they use up a drive letter, and when they are not 
> present (OR even just turned OFF), they do NOT use a drive letter.
This 
> results in the drive letters for subsequent drives (e.g. CD drives)
to 
> CHANGE between runs. I never anticipated this behavior with the V1.x 
> version of the CD, so AB gets confused when the drive letter assigned
to 
> the CD gets changed between runs. The solution here is to always run
AB 
> with the same set of drives present (turned on) all the time.
No external drives or devices, other than a usb video capture device
that does not get assigned a drive and is always attached.
> It is also possible that you may have invalidated your registration 
> completely. This can occur if you re-install the operating system
(e.g. 
> upgrading to Win98). If this has occurred, then you will need to have
your 
> registration transferred to the new code. The full policy on
transferring 
> registrations is outlined within the Frequently Asked Questions topic
under 
> the Help menu and on the web-site.
> 
> Let me know if either of these issues might be the problem. If not,
please 
> provide as much information as possible so that I can try to figure
out 
> what might be going wrong.
> 
> Thanks, Rob
> 
> 
> At 07:06 PM 2/26/00 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> >Hello all,
> >I picked up the cd for army builder and have noticed a problem
recently
> >on startup.  I had not used AB for awhile and tonight inserted the
cd.
> >Immediately the install program started up, no big deal I simply
closed
> >it down.  However AB will not now recognize that the cd is in there,
it
> >will only load the demonstration mode and ask if I want to purchase
> >now.  This has happened before, but corrected itself after shutting
> >down the program and restarting it.  However tonight that does not
seem
> >to be working.  Any ideas?
> >Thanks,
> >Chris
> 
>
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Sorry my toddler went balistic on my mouse and sent off the earlier
reply prematurely...

rob bowes <ro-@wolflair.com> wrote: 
The solution here is to always run AB 
> with the same set of drives present (turned on) all the time.
No external drives or devices, other than a usb video capture device
that does not get assigned a drive and is always attached.  I have
changed drive designations in the past but nothing since purchasing the
cd.  

> It is also possible that you may have invalidated your registration 
> completely. This can occur if you re-install the operating system
(e.g. 
> upgrading to Win98). If this has occurred, then you will need to have
your 
> registration transferred to the new code. The full policy on
transferring 
> registrations is outlined within the Frequently Asked Questions topic
under 
> the Help menu and on the web-site.
I did have to use a backup registry recently, but the backup
registration did not pre-date the AB install. Unistalling and
re-installing didn't make a difference.  I have since been able to get
it to recognize the cd, by turning the system off and restarting with
the cd already in the drive.  This seems to work fine, but I'd rather
not have to restart every time I want to get into AB (which is sadly
way too often considering the work I should be doing instead.) 
Thanks for the help and quick response.  
Chris

> Let me know if either of these issues might be the problem. If not,
please 
> provide as much information as possible so that I can try to figure
out 
> what might be going wrong.
> 
> Thanks, Rob
> 
> 
> At 07:06 PM 2/26/00 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> >Hello all,
> >I picked up the cd for army builder and have noticed a problem
recently
> >on startup.  I had not used AB for awhile and tonight inserted the
cd.
> >Immediately the install program started up, no big deal I simply
closed
> >it down.  However AB will not now recognize that the cd is in there,
it
> >will only load the demonstration mode and ask if I want to purchase
> >now.  This has happened before, but corrected itself after shutting
> >down the program and restarting it.  However tonight that does not
seem
> >to be working.  Any ideas?
> >Thanks,
> >Chris
> 
>
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