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    From PaulRS@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 4 00:11:26 2023
    I am migrating an eComStation System to ArcaOS (5.07)

    When installing RSJ-CD Writer it installs as a Demo Version. When I
    apply my license key which was fully paid for and goes back to 2015.
    It was working fine on my eCS system Now I get "Invalid License."
    The website is a 404 and possibly no longer existant.

    Does anyone have a work-around or any other help. The license (txt)
    reads a NEVER expiration date.
    Paul

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  • From Marcel Mueller@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 4 08:07:49 2023
    Am 04.03.23 um 01:11 schrieb PaulRS:
    I am migrating an eComStation System to ArcaOS (5.07)

    When installing RSJ-CD Writer it installs as a Demo Version. When I
    apply my license key which was fully paid for and goes back to 2015.
    It was working fine on my eCS system Now I get "Invalid License."

    Probably they did some hack in the license check that stopped working.
    I assume that you checked that the file is not corrupted somehow, e.g. different line breaks or whatever.

    Does the license still work with eCS, or at least did it work shortly?
    I have seen some range overflows at date time comparisons in the past.
    Maybe the current date is too large.

    Does anyone have a work-around or any other help. The license (txt)
    reads a NEVER expiration date.

    Well, unless you made some mistake the only option is probably to try to
    crack the license check with icsdebug or whatever.
    Or you move to other, free writing software which has of course no
    comparable shell integration.


    Marcel

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  • From PaulRS@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Mar 5 02:27:33 2023
    On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 07:07:49 UTC, Marcel Mueller
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Am 04.03.23 um 01:11 schrieb PaulRS:
    I am migrating an eComStation System to ArcaOS (5.07)

    When installing RSJ-CD Writer it installs as a Demo Version. When I
    apply my license key which was fully paid for and goes back to 2015.
    It was working fine on my eCS system Now I get "Invalid License."

    Probably they did some hack in the license check that stopped working.
    I assume that you checked that the file is not corrupted somehow, e.g. different line breaks or whatever.

    Does the license still work with eCS, or at least did it work shortly?
    I have seen some range overflows at date time comparisons in the past.
    Maybe the current date is too large.

    Does anyone have a work-around or any other help. The license (txt)
    reads a NEVER expiration date.

    Well, unless you made some mistake the only option is probably to try to crack the license check with icsdebug or whatever.
    Or you move to other, free writing software which has of course no
    comparable shell integration.


    Marcel


    The license was copied off the working eCS system and applied to the
    ArcaOS install of RSJ-CD. When applied via the Install object it says
    "Invalid Lecense." The only thing I can figure is that the license
    checks machine & operating system which is different. (Newer Hardware
    is the reason for the upgrade) Maybe it does not let you change
    machines ????. My name, Email, etc if incorporated into the long Key
    string is the same. The key file reads as a text file with a long
    string of alpha-numeric characters. It was copied from the eCS
    instalation to the ArcaOS install, so I do not believe it to be
    corrupted.
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  • From Andi B.@21:1/5 to PaulRS on Thu Mar 9 14:53:47 2023
    PaulRS schrieb:
    On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 07:07:49 UTC, Marcel Mueller <[email protected]> wrote:

    Am 04.03.23 um 01:11 schrieb PaulRS:
    I am migrating an eComStation System to ArcaOS (5.07)

    When installing RSJ-CD Writer it installs as a Demo Version. When I
    apply my license key which was fully paid for and goes back to 2015.
    It was working fine on my eCS system Now I get "Invalid License."

    Probably they did some hack in the license check that stopped working.
    I assume that you checked that the file is not corrupted somehow, e.g.
    different line breaks or whatever.

    Does the license still work with eCS, or at least did it work shortly?
    I have seen some range overflows at date time comparisons in the past.
    Maybe the current date is too large.

    Does anyone have a work-around or any other help. The license (txt)
    reads a NEVER expiration date.

    Well, unless you made some mistake the only option is probably to try to
    crack the license check with icsdebug or whatever.
    Or you move to other, free writing software which has of course no
    comparable shell integration.


    Marcel


    The license was copied off the working eCS system and applied to the
    ArcaOS install of RSJ-CD. When applied via the Install object it says "Invalid Lecense." The only thing I can figure is that the license
    checks machine & operating system which is different. (Newer Hardware
    is the reason for the upgrade) Maybe it does not let you change
    machines ????. My name, Email, etc if incorporated into the long Key
    string is the same. The key file reads as a text file with a long
    string of alpha-numeric characters. It was copied from the eCS
    instalation to the ArcaOS install, so I do not believe it to be
    corrupted.


    Did you ask at rsj.de? They are still in business and there support was
    quite good at the time I needed it. Unfortunately I can't get RSJ to
    work with ArcaOS and the included ahci driver. I think the interface
    which RSJ needs is broken (not implemented) in ANs drivers.

    Regards, Andi

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  • From Peter J. Seymour@21:1/5 to PaulRS on Fri Mar 10 08:45:23 2023
    On 04/03/2023 00:11, PaulRS wrote:
    I am migrating an eComStation System to ArcaOS (5.07)

    When installing RSJ-CD Writer it installs as a Demo Version. When I
    apply my license key which was fully paid for and goes back to 2015.
    It was working fine on my eCS system Now I get "Invalid License."
    The website is a 404 and possibly no longer existant.

    Does anyone have a work-around or any other help. The license (txt)
    reads a NEVER expiration date.
    Paul

    I am having difficulty posting a reply. This is a debug test post.
    Peter

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  • From Paul Ratcliffe@21:1/5 to PaulRS on Tue Mar 14 23:17:39 2023
    On 4 Mar 2023 00:11:26 GMT, PaulRS <[email protected]> wrote:

    I am migrating an eComStation System to ArcaOS (5.07)

    When installing RSJ-CD Writer it installs as a Demo Version. When I
    apply my license key which was fully paid for and goes back to 2015.
    It was working fine on my eCS system Now I get "Invalid License."

    Does anyone have a work-around or any other help. The license (txt)
    reads a NEVER expiration date.

    I wrote something to clear out the Demo fingerprint (or something like
    that, I forget exactly now). I'm horrified to find it was in Nov. 2001.
    Let me know if you want to try it.

    The website is a 404 and possibly no longer existant.

    It works for me.

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