3 Replies Latest reply: Jan 10, 2011 9:40 PM by fuaho RSS

    Dual-boot deactivation/activation help needed...

    fuaho Community Member

      Having learned that with ADOBE there is always some nightmare scenario, I am stopping in my tracks until I get more information.

       

      As mentioned in another post, I created a dual-boot - WinXP-64-bit and Win7-64-bit - setup so I can eventually migrate over to Win7.

       

      I installed (non-trial) Production Premium CS4 in the Win7 partition without any problems. Opened PrPro and exported media using Encore and my preferred codec. So far, so good.

       

      As expected, I got the "Excuse the interruption" message telling me that there were already two copies with the same serial number running - I have one on my laptop and the other is, of course, in the Win XP partition on the same computer & hard drive as this new install.

       

      I chose the "30 days to fix the issue" option.

       

      This was so I could migrate my preferences, keyboard & other presets to the Win7 install and confirm their proper operation before activation.

       

      PITA #1 - In XP, presets, prefs, etc., are located in "c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Adobe\Premiere Pro\4.0\."

                       In Win7, they are located in "c:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Premiere Pro\4.0\. This is a hidden folder, so you must go to Folder Options\View and check "Show Hidden Folders." I think this is now in Control Panel\Settings ( I got there through a Help link so I'm not sure, but it is not in the folder headers "Tools" anymore).

       

      PITA #2 - After copying my PrPro presets, prefs, keyboard settings, etc., to the above location, I tried to open PrPro in Win7 to confirm everything. This was about an hour after my previous session. But now I no longer get the "30-day option!!!" Only "Activate" "Buy a License" or "Quit!"

       

      PITA #3 - Since I don't know how Deactivation and Activation work, I am not about to go any further. Since both copies are on the same physical computer and hard drive, they obviously cannot both be online at the same time. I am concerned that whatever happens at Adobe's end of this will not see the deactivation or will not properly activate the new install and then I'll be left with nothing operational. If they cannot keep track of the start date of the new install and wiped out the 30-day test period in an hour, I do not have much confidence that the activation process will go so well. I think there are a limited number of activations as well, and I don't know what that applies to or how that works. I can see a scenario where I have to re-activate the Win XP partition to try and track down something and then get stuck there because I've used up my activations and can't re-activate the Win7 partition.

       

      Anyone have any insights on any of this...???

       

      TIA,