[Framers] Follow up to Adobe "support"

Thu Jun 7 12:55:47 PDT 2018

Hi Tammy,

That paints (sorry, bad pun I know) a different picture.

I wonder if what they meant was that your successful re-installation on an unknown machine (to them) attempt was picked up as piracy in motion and at that point they revoked the code so it could not be re-installed again after that. For second language speakers, correct grammar in sequence descriptions is difficult sometimes.

So. It appears the problem is that they want you to prove to them that you have not re-issued this license code to someone else to use. I think in this instance, they are correct and it is now up to you to do that. 

IIRC, since the CS series started, Adobe changed how licenses are managed and registered the device and sales region onto which the software is installed. This is part of the reason I have had so many problems as I described in my initial response (starting the software in different sales regions fritzes the license). When you change machines, you are supposed to let their system know it is the same license but on a new machine and the process has always been a PITA. As you re-installed your copy onto a different machine, it triggered the anti-piracy protocol.

What to do? Find the proof of purchase or use GIMP. Their system sucks.

Sorry
Alan

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> On 8/06/2018, at 06:36, <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:
> 
> Oh, and I was just informed by Adobe Support that even with an
> invalid/revoked license code, an initial installation and registration is
> allowed, but it's AFTER you uninstall and attempt to reinstall that you get
> hammered. Really? And on what planet has anyone ever been able to install an
> Adobe product successfully w/ an invalid code and not had a problem?
> Ironically, it's the valid codes that have always caused grief. And besides
> that, this wonderful fabrication of an excuse doesn't hold water w/ me
> because I have successfully installed/uninstalled/reinstalled this software
> at least three times over the past decade plus.
> 
> Nice try Adobe - got beachfront property for me in Arizona as well?
> 
> 
> 
> Tammy Van Boening
> Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
> www.spectrumwritingllc.com
> 
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> Subject: [Framers] Follow up to Adobe "support"
> 
> So, in case anybody thinks Adobe cares about its customers, think again. I
> posted to the list as you know on Tuesday about problems activating a
> license for an Adobe product. (Not FM, but as it is an Adobe product I
> figured that was the only way I could get Adobe's attention - on an Adobe
> list).
> 
> 
> 
> This is a VERY OLD product - I have had the installation disk for it for
> like a gazillion years. It's Adobe Design Standard CS6 for Windows. I bough
> this product way back in the in the mid-2000s, and successfully installed
> it, registered it, and used it for many years. I eventually uninstalled it,
> and then two years ago, I needed quick access to Photoshop to work with an
> .eps graphic, so I installed it again with the heavily faded license code on
> the disk and voila, no issues. Installed beautifully, worked fine. . .etc. I
> uninstalled it about two years ago as it was taking up a lot of space on my
> system and wasn't using it anymore.
> 
> 
> 
> Well, along comes a client who has sporadic eps graphics, so I decided to
> reinstall it on an old system that holds rarely used applications - just
> ones needed for one-offs here and there. I go to install the software, enter
> the activation code and blam . . . I get the message the code has been
> revoked. What??? That makes no sense, but Adobe revokes a code only if the
> code is invalid, which it is not. I have successfully installed,
> deactivated, and uninstalled this software several times over the past 12 or
> so years and this is the first time that I have received this message.
> 
> 
> 
> Adobe is flat out refusing to assist me whatsoever. I was told that
> somehow/someway that this activation number has been compromised - either an
> unscrupulous reseller has used this activation code multiple times, another
> vendor has somehow gotten hold of the activation code, . . .. the
> possibilities seem so far-fetched to me, I kinda' tuned out after the
> "support" rep. started droning on.
> 
> 
> 
> Adobe has stated that unless I can provide absolute proof of purchase that I
> am SOL -yea, proof of purchase on a 12+ year old product. God only knows
> where the lone piece of paper is after all these years. I figured
> registering the product and at least having permanent access to the
> activation code would save me, but not so much, huh?
> 
> 
> 
> I have been an Adobe customer for over 22 years, the number of purchases of
> Adobe products that I have made is well in to the double digits and NEVER
> ONCE, and I mean NEVER, have I had this problem before. I purchased all my
> products either directly from Adobe or from an authorized reseller and I am
> pretty sure this was from a reseller, but for the life of me, after 12+
> years, I cannot remember the name/provided proof of purchase and what would
> it matter? God knows how many Adobe resellers have gone the way of the DoDo
> bird over the last decade or so.
> 
> 
> 
> I was evaluating two approaches for a new client project - either Flare or
> Adobe FM/ePub and guess what? Adobe just made the decision for me like that
> - Flare here I come.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tammy Van Boening
> 
> Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
> 
> www.spectrumwritingllc.com
> 
> 
> 
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