weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) (01/13/91)
Just a warning...
I got upgrade in mail to 2.0 a few days ago (which I am very grateful for,
being that it was free and automatic).
My disks did NOT have a serial # on them. When you first run Deluxe, it
asks you for the serial #. I had to do hunt for my 1.0 originals to
find this #. If you do not supply a valid serial #, you can not run the
main application.
This could cause some obvious hassles if you archive originals off-site
and blow away your old copy of stuffit deluxe during the install.
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>>>---> Ken Weaverling >>>----> weave@brahms.udel.edulindahl@violet.berkeley.edu (Ken Lindahl 642-0866) (01/15/91)
In article <17586@brahms.udel.edu> weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes: >Just a warning... > >I got upgrade in mail to 2.0 a few days ago (which I am very grateful for, >being that it was free and automatic). > >My disks did NOT have a serial # on them. When you first run Deluxe, it >asks you for the serial #. I had to do hunt for my 1.0 originals to >find this #. If you do not supply a valid serial #, you can not run the >main application. > >This could cause some obvious hassles if you archive originals off-site >and blow away your old copy of stuffit deluxe during the install. > >-- >>>>---> Ken Weaverling >>>----> weave@brahms.udel.edu Well, I got bit by the same thing, but my original 1.0 disk was fortunately nearby. Still, it was pretty inconsiderate not to include a line like "be sure to have the serial number from your 1.0 disk handy when you run the installer" in the upgrade documentation. (Yes, I actually read it BEFORE I did the install!) Still, all-in-all, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as the looping-installer bug in 1.0. Like several other posters to the net, I also sufferred through this "extremely rare" problem. And while we're on the subject (are you listening Alladdin?), what's with that silly signature box? I certainly don't mind your including it as an option for those who want to want to use it, but requiring me to sign it before I can run StuffIt Deluxe pisses me off! Do you really think I can construct a usable signature using a pencil-and-eraser bitmap editor? You do really think I want to take the time? Get a life! Fortunately, a single dot in the upper-left corner meets SD's requirements for a signature. NOTE TO OTHER SD USERS: a single dot in the upper-left corner is MY signature! Go find your own pixel! :-) Ken Lindahl lindahl@violet.berkeley.edu Advanced Technology Planning, Information Systems and Technology University of California at Berkeley