Author: F. Huber
Date: 00:31:52 03/09/04
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On March 08, 2004 at 20:44:10, Peter Skinner wrote: >On March 08, 2004 at 18:23:48, David Dahlem wrote: > >>On March 08, 2004 at 10:13:17, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >> >>>On March 08, 2004 at 05:02:56, Gabor Szots wrote: >>> >>>>On March 08, 2004 at 05:00:18, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>> >>>>>Because update was sent ONLY to buyers why check original cd at all... >>>>> >>>>>Jouni >>>> >>>>Yes, this is a question I have asked myself several times... >>>> >>>>Gábor >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>>it's a simply product copy protection. >>>Why the software companys make a product protection? >>> >>>Best >>>Frank >> >>Hi Frank >> >>Are the engines protected, or only the installer? >> >>Dave > >Hi Dave, > >As far as I can see the installer is the only protection. > >I had to re-install my Windows today and I had all the files on a separate >partition, and they seem to play just fine in Winboard and Arena. > >Peter That´s not correct, Peter! Both, the installer AND the engine have protection procedures, which _should_ correspond to each other - but because they actually _don´t_ (e.g. for special characters in the computer name or user name), these update problems occured on some systems. Regards, Franz.
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