With a lot of new systems coming standard with cd burners, that isn't a
secure a copy protection method as it use to be. You can copy a cd easier
than you could a protected diskette, such as the one HJ is currently using.
My personal preference, (which doesn't mean a hill of beans to anyone), is
the dreaded Dongle method; you don't have a limited number of installs with
a dongle, and since all systems come with a printer port, I could use it on
any system I desire to, but only 1 system at a time, which would satisfy HJ.
It is a lot harder to duplicate a dongle than it is a cd.
Murphy's law dictates that if you have only a set number of possible
registration keys, then things will happen that cause you to go through that
allotment faster than expected!
I don't like the current key method, but since I knew of it before
purchasing JFW, then I can't bitch too much...after all, if we don't like a
vender's methods of protecting their product, then we don't have to purchase
their product. If enough people did this, then that vender would change
that particular method...evidently, that hasn't been the case.
I don't like the key method, but as long as the vender realizes that
mistakes will be made that will necessitate the user getting another key or
two, then all it becomes is a minor inconvenience whenever I want to switch,
or repartition, hard drives. and have a brain cramp and forget to uninstall
the key file.
If I didn't mind the slow loading of JFW when it has to search for an
authorization diskette, I'd stick in an extra 3.5 drive I've got here and
just leave that diskette in drive B:, and reformat my hard drives to my
little heart's content! I tried that with drive A: and got driven nuts when
I'd forget to pop it out before booting and would sit and wonder why the
sorry machine wasn't booting up! I could set the boot sequence to C and A,
but Murphy steps in again here--as soon as I did that, something would keep
it from booting to the hard drive while I'm home alone!
Thanks,
Dennis Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blind Programming Site at
http://brown99.home.mindspring.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Lott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: jfw authrisation disk
>Regrettably, I have to say that HJ makes it very clear that the
>authorization floppy cannot be copied even for archiving, since the copy
>won't work. I have told HJ personally that I consider this an
>unreasonable hardship on the legitimate paid-up user, since floppies
>obviously can go bad at the drop of a hat, so to speak. I have seen bad
>sectors come out of the woodwork on relatively new floppies. I do have
>an idea, but I'll not mention it here because I've not had a chance to
>check it out...Seriously, I doubt it will work anyway, since
>copy-protected floppies such as your authorization disk often have
>intentional bad sectors to keep copying utilities from doing their job.
>Ultimately, I wish HJ would drop this arcane method of self-protection
>in favor of the Microsoft method, in which you get a unique CD key with
>your purchase, and you must enter it every time you install from the CD.
>
>
>>From: Simon F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: jfw authrisation disk
>>Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:31:15 +1300
>>
>> greetings listers
>>
>>is it possible to copy an authorisation key to another floppy.
>>I wish to do this so I can have a back up as well as one in another
>office.
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>simon.
>>Simon Fogarty
>>Dunedin, NZ
>>
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>>WK ph: ++64-025-2230355
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