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[mathcad] RE: Mathcad 13 and C_Dilla
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Author: Mike Austin
Posted: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:13:31 +0000
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"Austin, Mike" "Mike.Austin" writes
>
>I have created images and restored them to the same physical disk (not
>necessarily with the same drive partitions) and it has worked. I have
>not tried restoring to another physical disk. As I plan to be upgrading
>my portable disk soon, this may mean I run into problems. If there was
>a hack for c_dilla, I would feel entitled to use it because I've paid
>my dues.
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I just upgraded my disk on my IBM T42p, and c_dilla has now de-activated
my installation of Mathcad 13. It will not automatically activate as I
have two installations (the other on the desktop PC). Activation has to
be done manually. But, as it is a Saturday, there is no response to the
email I was asked to send to "activation" This is no use for
someone who wants to get work done for Monday morning!
It seems that c_dilla uses information from the disk in IDE0 - the first
boot disk. The IBM has a removable bay where one can put a second disk -
IDE1. I copied an image from my old disk to my new disk, then I swapped
them over, booting from the new disk. Mathcad was not activated. Then I
booted from the old disk on IDE1. Mathcad was still not activated. So I
physically swapped them back, booting from my old disk on IDE0, and this
worked. I suppose it might work by booting from the new disk in IDE1 but
I have work to do for Monday and I don't want to risk it!
Now from Mathcad's support FAQ:
"Q: Is activation required should Mathcad need to be reinstalled on the
same PC?
A: In general, no. If the same version of Mathcad is reinstalled on the
same PC or laptop, Mathcad will remain activated. Even in cases where
Mathcad needs to be reactivated, reinstallation on the same PC will not
count as an additional activation against the user's two machine
total."
So a new hard disk seems to constitute a new PC. It makes more sense to
activate from the motherboard, if one has to use this method.
It seems to me that this c_dilla method should be scrapped. At least, in
the meantime, registered users should be allowed a few days leeway for a
new activation code to be supplied by Mathsoft. Could this be done by an
automatic process on the server, without a patch to Mathcad?
--
Mike Austin
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