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Re: Need MakeCD Registration Replaced - Can't contact Authors
« on: February 07, 2006, 04:49:54 AM »
I remember being thoroughly pissed when I bought the DAO MakeCD from HiSoft and opened it up to find I had to send off to Germany for the code.

The commercial package that cost 50 GBP actually stops working after 3 months, by which time it has reverted back to the shareware demo. No wonder piracy is rife!

When you have opened the box there is a booklet inside and on the first page is a Hisoft Serial Number and alphanumeric Registration Code.

To get around the 'bastard 3-month time limit (that I paid 50 GBP for) I set the Workbench clock to 2097 or something and then installed the software, this really buggered with the time limit. HAH!

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Hey, when you do get it running get VCDGear, it works a treat.
 

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Re: Need MakeCD Registration Replaced - Can't contact Authors
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2006, 05:20:59 AM »
Can you imagine sitting in front of a Playstation with a code-wheel like Zool, or a bit of red card with barely visible watermarks on? I forget which game printed it's copy protection code with black ink on black paper, might have been Alien Breed 3D 2.

And I never did like these popups when a program is executed. TurboCalc, Wordworth and DPaint5 all did this, it's just irritating. It's like getting into the car and the airbag hits you in the mouth.

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Re: Need MakeCD Registration Replaced - Can't contact Authors
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2006, 01:57:40 PM »
Now listen here... frog!

The man's request wasn't for the keyfile but for someone to contact such as Angela Schmidt.

I have MakeCD and the code is on the book not the disk.

Taking Microsoft's customer services as the norm is like accepting famine because McDonald's is closed on a Sunday night.

Now be nice!

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EDIT: "Be excellent to each other!"  -  "Party on dudes!"
 

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Re: Need MakeCD Registration Replaced - Can't contact Authors
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2006, 02:53:59 PM »
Framiga: Broken link?

If anyone does get in touch with the author of MakeCD, ask her if her sister is still offering keyfiles for RDB-Salv!

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Oh, and tell her to put (multi-layer/)DVD support in MakeCD!
 

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Re: Need MakeCD Registration Replaced - Can't contact Authors
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2006, 12:45:53 AM »
Norwegians get irritable at this time of year; the sun is low, the nights are long and there's only whale for breakfast.

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doctorq: If you were in the same position would you feel happy about buying another 80-euro copy? That's 2-days pay for some!
 

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Re: Need MakeCD Registration Replaced - Can't contact Authors
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2006, 11:16:14 AM »
So if your car key snapped in the lock on a frosty night you wouldn't call the locksmith?

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