I have just installed PGP on two machines and lost two JFW keys.
Unfortunately I was sort of ignorant and ran the disk wipe utility
which comes with PGP to delete data left behind by previously deleted
files.

I didn't stop to think that this would affect the location of files
and it obviously did.

The problem is that I don't have a key for JFW 3.3.  I have a 3.2 key
with one of those dreaded update disks.  So my question is:  Do I have
to completely reinstall JFW to get the Authorization Manager to ask me
for the update disk?  Whenever I insert the key disk it just tells me
that there is an authorization error.  This is obviously because the
key is not valid for 3.3 but for 3.2.

I really think that if there is no way to update the key without
reinstalling that HJ should have never gone in this direction.
Personally I don't think they should have done it anyway.  The update
disk is just one more component to keep up with and I think that's two
too many.  When you really start to have system problems the last
thing you need to worry about is whether JFW is going to throw that
Authorization Manager in your face two or three times before it ends
up deciding authorization isn't present.  If the update disks are
going to be used why can't the supposed Authorization Manager be
intelligent enough to ask for it!!!

I do applaud the new demo mode.  If it wasn't for this I guess I would
really have a problem.
Amazingly enough, this is my first experience with losing a key.  Now
I see why everybody gets so upset about it.  It isn't much fun.  Now
we'll begin the laborious process of phone calls to HJ to try to get
the keys replaced.  I'm sure this will be lots of fun.

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