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I decided to run it in admin mode and then it asked to activate it. oops!
Went back to normal and still need to reactivate it. How many activations do I get? I still need to install it on my laptop.
I think these licensing things generally just tend to punish those who pay for the software (ha, ha).
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Interesting problem. It's not unexpected that someone would do the steps you did. I suggest you call PG Music Support and if they say it's OK, post their answer here for future reference.
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Authorization is "by the machine" and thus not a problem here. Just redo the Authorization on same machine as Administrator, when it phones home over the internet the thing will see that it is simply just the same machine and your other two authorizations will still be available for use on any two other machines.
And pg is not the kind of folks who would do something like you insinuate to any of their valued customers.
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And pg is not the kind of folks who would do something like you insinuate to any of their valued customers. ... Lighten up Mac, I am not insinuating that PG Music is doing anything wrong and I don't appreciate your insinuation. I was discussing activation schemes in general.
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Gee, my insinuation is just as unappreciated as your original insinuation was to me. Although I did not insinuate anything, I prefer things to be a bit more point blank than that.
My apologies for taking the time to point out something that, if viewed by a new potential customer, might be taken as a detrimental issue or deal breaker.
Guess the lighten up thing goes both directions then.
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well, just in case there is a "new potential customer" here looking around, I'll kick in my 2 cents,
1) BIAB is an amazing program and you will almost certainly be thrilled with the results you get (even with the copy-protection they added in 2014)
2) Kevin is absolutely correct to point out that software copy protection punishes legit users! at best it is a nuisance and at worst it can completely prevent you from using something you paid real money for!
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well, just in case there is a "new potential customer" here looking around, I'll kick in my 2 cents,
1) BIAB is an amazing program and you will almost certainly be thrilled with the results you get (even with the copy-protection they added in 2014)
2) Kevin is absolutely correct to point out that software copy protection punishes legit users! at best it is a nuisance and at worst it can completely prevent you from using something you paid real money for! 3) A different take on 2) is possibly required: Preventing piracy provides a guaranteed return on investment for the company that puts in the hard yards, takes risks, continues to improve their products, and provides customer support. If they earn less income through sales because of piracy, they have less to invest in new development, new features, new products. Occasional inconvenience aside, ultimately, this means that if we all pay, we all win.
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So Kevin, did this work out that you could just authorize again on the same machine, without loss of one of your allowed authorization?
BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.
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I am also curious if you lost an activation because of this...
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I am also curious if you lost an activation because of this... I feel sure PG Music will reinstate any lost installation tokens if the user genuinely had an issue. I'm also waiting for his response to Matt's question - did he get it resolved?
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So Kevin, did this work out that you could just authorize again on the same machine, without loss of one of your allowed authorization? I don't know and I am not overly worried about it. How do you check? In any case, I am quite positive that PG Music would reinstate any "lost" activations that I might need in the future.
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I guess one way would be to contact PG Music Support directly, provide them with your Serial Number (Help > About Band in a Box will show you your number). Explain your circumstances and ask them to advise you how many activations you have used.
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Authorization is tied to the internal and individual ID number of each machine.
Trying to store authorization serial number twice for the same machine would be like trying to Save two files of the exact same name string in one of your folders. The machine's code won't/can't do that.
Chances that the Authorization could get compromised by using up two or more of your three Authorizations with the same computer's ID number are all but nonexistent if the thing is coded properly.
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Authorization is tied to the internal and individual ID number of each machine.
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Chances that the Authorization could get compromised by using up two or more of your three Authorizations with the same computer's ID number are all but nonexistent if the thing is coded properly. I never used sampletank in 2013, so I thought I had to authorize it in 2014. When I did that, it said I had used up 2 of my 5 authorizations. I guess they didn't code it right.
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SsmpleTank is a completely different situation - and company - apart from the BiaB Authorization.
Is all this over the SampleTank/IKMultimedia authorization and not the BB?
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Authorization is tied to the internal and individual ID number of each machine.
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Chances that the Authorization could get compromised by using up two or more of your three Authorizations with the same computer's ID number are all but nonexistent if the thing is coded properly. I never used sampletank in 2013, so I thought I had to authorize it in 2014. When I did that, it said I had used up 2 of my 5 authorizations. I guess they didn't code it right. Whoa... The title of the post is "I now have to reactivate BIAB to use it." But now you mention authorizations of SampleTank? Which product are you actually having the problem with?
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both. the sampletank thing happened back when i first installed 2014. the title is what the title is.
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both. the sampletank thing happened back when i first installed 2014. the title is what the title is. OK BTW Did you contact PG Music to find out how many activations you have used? I somehow agree with Mac that the authorization system uses machine hardware to identify a computer uniquely. Merely changing the username shouldn't have created this issue, unless say, there was a full reinstall of software on the computer as well.
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Folks, let it rest. It is not that big of a deal. I wasn't that upset with the "re-authorization". I thought my original post was pretty non-controversial. I think I will let this thread slide.
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