AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (10/26/88)
>Date: Mon, 24 Oct 88 12:59:09 EDT >From: Greg Prevost <gregp@PRO-CAROLINA.CTS.COM> >> Its not copy protection, its ACCOUNT protection. >Ok, if I read what you just said right then what do you do when your disk >crashes on you? You can make a copy of it but after one login that copy will >no longer work since the password is automatically changed, so the only way to >make a backup in case of the software going bad or coffee stains is to make a >copy after each and every logon!! Is there some way around that? If not you >had better take that "account protection" out till you find a better way that >allows backups, because I don't feel like waiting weeks for a new password! No waiting for weeks is necessary; a quick toll-free call to Customer Service (the number is displayed on your screen when something goes wrong) clears things up quickly. I believe they'll give you a "re-signup" number that you can use right away (upon verification of some mother's-maiden-name type of info, of course). By the way, you may still want to keep a backup. If your regular disk becomes *partly* unreadable, you can switch to the backup after copying one file (called DB11, I think) from the old disk to the new disk. (They don't tell you that, of course, but it's pretty obvious from the last- modification date/times which file is getting updated each time you log on.) >Greg Prevost >UUCP: [ ihnp4 sdcsvax nosc ] !crash!pro-carolina!gregp Never forget >ARPA: crash!pro-carolina!gregp@nosc.mil your towel! >INET: gregp@pro-carolina.cts.com Ford Prefect --David A. Lyons bitnet: awcttypa@uiamvs DAL Systems CompuServe: 72177,3233 P.O. Box 287 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2 North Liberty, IA 52317 AppleLinkPE: Dave Lyons