Subj : Re: Lost software license To : Rich From : Glenn M. Date : Sun Apr 01 2001 03:41 pm From: "Glenn M." Or Re-Install over the top. I have never had the time or serious inclination to dig and find out WHY = a WIn9x install just gets slower and slower to react, but invariably, a = re-install over the existing install restores the system to it's = original speed. All existing apps are still installed and working when = I'm done. --=20 Glenn Meadows "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:3ac6ae2b@w3.nls.net... The ones I've seen have the sticker on the side. I agree with you = that on the back would be inconvienent. Of course, you only need it = when doing a full install. Rich "Glenn M." wrote in message = news:3ac6acb0@w3.nls.net... Just what I need. A machine that's buried under a desk, with = stickers on the back that I have to disconnect from the monitor, mouse, = keyboard etc, so I can pull it out to read/write down the keys, so I can = crawl under the desk, reconnect everything to do a refresh install. = Makes one want to use the same set of keys for every install, even if = you have a license for every machine. --=20 Glenn Meadows "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:3ac67f3a@w3.nls.net... 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) .