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Subject: Re: Why was this unnecessary "update installer" created?!

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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