Reinstalling the software won't help - and doing so may cause other

problems if you don't do it properly.

The issue may be caused by the way your Windows 7 software is configured.

Check to make sure that it will allow communication with the website.

Also, there are some issues concerning digital rights of the materials

you're dealing with.  Check out THIS

LINK<http://technology.myblogzone.info/2011/01/how-to-solve-the-error-getti ng-license-message-in-adobe-digital-editions/>

for

a description of this type of error and what to do about it.

Hope this helps!

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The FAQ's in ADE's HELP section may have your answer.  Try the F1 key in

Library mode, and look through the index....  If you're up at this hour,

what else is there to do? 

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Sorry you had trouble.  But I have to comment on your comment.

There are tens of thousands of people who use ADE and don't have the kind

of problems you've had.  It's not 'buggy' software, but as you've found

out, some other software that interacts with it don't play well with it.

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It's not quite that way, if I understand the process correctly.

ADE will try to establish a download connection to the websites you visit.

McAfee and Win  7 have security settings you can adjust to allow ADE to do

this.  If you don't do the adjustments, that software will prohibit the

download, not ADE, and that's why the message is generated from ADE.  The

'background' program you refer to is simply part of ADE, not some other

piece of software.

If your firewall has to be turned 'off' in order for ADE to interact with

an external hard drive (your Nook), then you have some configuring to

do....  That shouldn't happen.

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I'm having this problem a year into using MacBook Air with Safari as my browser. Using a Nook Simple Touch.   Free Library of Philadelphia uses OverDrive.  Had no problems for the first 75 books I borrowed. I upgraded from the original Nook to the Simple Touch in January and things were fine til about May.. 

After the occasional problem downoading to ADE, solved by persistence, re-downloading and trying the new download to ADE, now nothing works.  This time there is just NO way to get the book file into my computer. 

The librarian was unable to help me.  When I get the time (Friday probably), I'll go over to the BN store & see what they suggest.  Very flipping annoying, expecially that the freeze happened on a book I have been waiting months for and the librarian says I'll go back to the end of the line in 3 weeks.  Can't even get in line now b/c, according to the library's computer, i've currently got the book checked out!