gregp@pro-carolina.cts.com (Greg Prevost) (10/24/88)
> Also, the reason that there is a complicated process for downloading > upgraded Alink software is that the password (which changes with every > login) is saved to disk > So, you download the new version on a NEW disk. > Say yes when it asks you to get the password stuff from the old disk, and > then you can login with the new software. > The password that changes with every login feature makes the ALink software > useable from only one disk...copies of the disk won't work, because, as soon > as you run one of them and login, the other one's password is no longer > valid. > Its not copy protection, its ACCOUNT protection. > You can copy the disk...whichever (the copy or original) is used to log in > on will be the only one that will work the next time. > Brendan G. Hoar > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA > bh1e+@andrew.cmu.edu 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! 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