Activation doesn't work on other PCs (split from Activation ... How ?)

[BertD]

Lastly, these "limitations" just come forth from what I just said : from my point of view it should be normal if you can use or try all the PCs you have around you; it's implied by the nature of what we're doing here (and I really don't care if 10 PCs are playing at the same time in your house ).

Thanks for having the option to activate more players on several PC's connected to the network but it doesn't work....at least I can't get it to work on any other PC than the one where the player was activated.

Even with all firewalls disabled so that nothing is blocking the communication between the PC's and the one with the activated player....

If it will work someday in the future, do I still need to have all PC's connected to the network (without firewalls) to be able to use the player in UnDemo'd mode on any PC??

Bert

[PeterSt]

Hey Gerner,

First of all, congrats with your Internet connection overthere ! So that problem is solved. Now the others ...

Apart from the Demo message ... when you have complaints (by itself justified of course) about error messages, you can understand that I can't do much without knowing the error messages ... So please paste them in here, and in a separate topic (uhhm ... because formally this is unrelated to the Activation ... until we'll prove otherwise.

Then the minimize/maximize thing. In fact, this too should be in a separate topic, never mind the one follows from the other. But okay ...
I must do this by heart now :
When XX is minimized, you can rightclick on the taskbar item and then choose Maximize. After that you can click on the square box in the upper right corner (the middle one). You then hardly see a difference, but for the square box now indicating that you can drag the borders of the form. So, drag them to the size you want, and this is normal again from then on.


Then the major part ...

Because I really can't guess what happened (but I think you just started the wrong XX version i.e. from your old location, I'd like you to try this :

Check the icon with which you start XX, for its current location. Note that apart from XX showing 0.9a at startup, you should be in the folder that shows June 24 for the both EXEs in there.
Btw, get the habit of always working form the same folder, instead of putting a new version in another (you possibly did this, I don't know yet). This implies that you first have to copy the old contents to somewhere else, for possible later reference.

Then, when you are sure your desktop icon starts the proper verson, again Activate XX (UnDemo).
When it says ok, withgoing it says to restart XX. Thus, quit XX and restart it (no reboot is necessary).
If it then again starts with "Demo", something is wrong on my side ...

Peter

[PeterSt]

Bert,

a. You do use 0.9a, right ? (because with 0.9 of which I know you have it, it does not work).
b. If so, exactly *what* does not work ? Messages ?

Peter

[BertD]

a. You do use 0.9a, right ? (because with 0.9 of which I know you have it, it does not work).

Now it works.... (0.9a)

Had to open and disable all security and moved the XXHighEnd directory to my shared documents folder so that I did not have to share more than needed to be able to have access from another PC to the one directory where XX was activated previously and then enter the path (closing with "\" ) in XX (the one not yet being activated).

Pffff, please no new numbers for me, it costed me several hours to figure out how to have all PC's communicate with the XXHighEnd folder. Now I know....good luck to all others! 

Back to the CrazyA's..... time to get these ready for the public!

Bert

[Gerner]

Hey Gerner,

First of all, congrats with your Internet connection overthere ! So that problem is solved. Now the others ...

Thanks Peter. Blood sweat and tears to make that happen.

Yes I know I put many subjects in this topic.....but instead of answering you here on each subject...it seems by activating the player once more everything is running satisfactory now.

Played a list of 12 tracks now without problems.

No errors.

I have stored the player in it's own directory. So OK.

I appologize for having posted something and deleted it while you tried to answer what I just deleted.

Will and XX-Hennessy do?

Sorry    and

Gerner

[PeterSt]

Gerner ... please do NOT delete messages !

a. there is usefulness ALWAYS, because another can learn from your mistakes;
b. the thing I hate most is typing (or helping for that batter) for NOTHING;
c. you (by this means, in general) disrupt the topic with this.



Edit : (crosspost with Gerner)

I appologize for having posted something and deleted it while you tried to answer what I just deleted.

It's okay !

[PeterSt]

a. You do use 0.9a, right ? (because with 0.9 of which I know you have it, it does not work).

Now it works.... (0.9a)

Had to open and disable all security and moved the XXHighEnd directory to my shared documents folder so that I did not have to share more than needed to be able to have access from another PC to the one directory where XX was activated previously and then enter the path (closing with "\" ) in XX (the one not yet being activated).

Pffff, please no new numbers for me, it costed me several hours to figure out how to have all PC's communicate with the XXHighEnd folder. Now I know....good luck to all others! 

Bert,

I will adjust the tekst accordingly, although I'd have to figure out what kind of settings people can have - working against this operation.
Do note that (my thinking is that) if you shared a folder on the PC with the license, and you follow the rather strict advise of looking at My Network Places at the PC you're installing (and which this time is also for the experienced !), you can't have any other problem than being unable to share the folder at the first PC. IOW, if you don't look at these network places, you can keep on trying and trying if something else (firewall ??) is preventing the last PC from seeing the share.
This is not related to XX ...

But *of course* this might be a hopeless situation for unexperienced people, so the message is (very) clear. Just as that your remark about the path ending at "\" is clear to me ... I expected that to go wrong here and there and ... and actually I could add it myself when it is forgotten.

All beginnings are difficult, especially for me btw.
For that matter, I feel great responsibility for people paying, and then want their product. Never done this you know.