Subj : Re: Lost software license To : Glenn M. From : Rich Date : Sat Mar 31 2001 09:10 am From: "Rich" <@> Something I've seen recently that would help you for a bit is that = OEMs put stickers on the PC with the license keys for the OEM installed = copy of Windows. I don't know if they do this for other preinstalled = software. Rich "Glenn M." wrote in message = news:3ac5f8c2@w3.nls.net... No Rich, there are licensed purchased copies for all the machines. = Some were full, some were upgrades, some came as OEM installs. That is = something that I have insisted on when we merged companies. No buy one, = install 40 times. Most of the uses of having the discs handy, are when = Win98 decides it needs the Win98 CD again, so I've got to scramble and = find one. We don't leave the original discs at each machine, as they = would quickly sprout legs and be gone. The 40 machine have grown to = that number over at least 8 years, and have had the hardware swapped out = under them and the HD's rolled forward, Drive Copy cloned to larger = ones, the old ones wiped, etc. No, I'm very careful to make sure that every machine is licensed. = I've got a list in my laptop that has which machine has which set of = registration keys. If we were to start now, then yes, it might be = cheaper to get multiple licenses. But when you decide you need a new = computer, and you run down to CompUSA because you don't have time to = build, install from scratch and have a multiple install license, then it = doesn't make sense to go that way. I also think the volume is for a higher number of machines. The = little guys, who fall in this number of systems, I don't think fall into = the "break" category. =20 At the point when we make a wholesale move to Win2K (which for what we = do on the bulk of the systems is still way overkill), we'll probably = also slid a bunch of new hardware in at the same time, and get Win2K = preloaded. =20 --=20 Glenn Meadows "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:3ac58141$1@w3.nls.net... Are you installing a single copy of Win2000 or Win98 on more than = one of the 40 computers? If so, this is outside the realm of a single = computer retail product. You aren't going to get 40 different license = keys on a single CD-ROM. Have you considered a volume license? Isn't = 40 computers enough for this to be viable? Rich "Glenn M." wrote in message = news:3ac55cd7@w3.nls.net... I carry an enterprise version of Partition Magic with me as I move = to other sites. =20 I carry around my copy of Win2K Professional, as well as my = Win98se disc. All have had to have the Register keys available.during = various re-installs. =20 As to stickers, Earlier versions of Partition Magic had them = (Don't remember about 6, I bought online). One of our other tools, = MacOpener used that approach as well. I dpn't re-install ON the laptop, but on other systems in the = studio. Besides being a recording engineer, I'm also the IT "person" = responsible for all 40 of our various computers and networks. I carry = all the various software products around with my collection of CD's. If = I had to carry all the jewel boxes, it would be a real pain. I can, and = have, written all the codes on the sleeves of the wallets. --=20 Glenn Meadows "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:3ac5487e$1@w3.nls.net... I've never seen a product with peel off stickers. Most don't = have any sticker on the jewel case. Instead its on a post card or = something similar. Do you reinstall software from scratch much when you travel = with your laptop? Rich "Glenn M." wrote in message = news:3ac4d801@w3.nls.net... I carry my CD's aroound in a CD Wallet, no space for Jewels. = Wrote with a Sharpie on the outer part of the sleeve the reg numbers. I = have all my stuff on a laptop, so I take most of my core CD's with me = all the time. Several companies do provide the peel off stickers (2 or 3) on = the main label. Put on with your documentation, one on the CD, and one = the Registration card. --=20 Glenn Meadows "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:3ac44507@w3.nls.net... Why? For anyone that decides to throw out the jewel case = they can do whatever they want to remember the ID. Do many folks here = throw out the jewel cases in which software is packaged? I never do. I = don't see why I would. Rich "David N. Barnett" wrote in message = news:uae8ctoev8b2i43v75ugh9r5cocodsh429@4ax.com... On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:53:38 -0800, "Rich" <@> wrote in = message <3ac418ce$1@w3.nls.net>: | I didn't say it's impossible. It's expensive. Putting = it on the jewel case is fine unless you separate the two and for the = rare folks that do that they can write it on with a marker like you. = Note that there is also a physical license certificate with the ID which = you should keep safe. Okay, how about this -- include an adhesive-backed = tear-off label with the number, and a similarly-sized blank space on the label = side of the CD, so that the user can stick the ID label onto the CD. = This would be in addition to the ID number printed on the jewel box. --dnb --- XP Toss HTML Stripper v0.3.5 * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project (1:379/45) .