[DUG] Current Registrations

[Jeremy North]

What you are describing doesn't sound like a grace period issue, especially
if it happens after a few weeks of use.
On 03/12/2010 11:39 AM, "Cheng Wei (FMI)" <chengw at fmi.co.nz> wrote:
> I believe Jolyon is correct, I can confirm there is no grace period for
> D2006.
>
> A while ago one of our developers left and we hired a new developer,
> installed and registered D2006 on a new PC. After every few weeks
> (sometimes as short as 2 weeks) he would be shut out of Delphi unless we
> re-register, reg has always been successful but it is really strange
> that he has to do this over and over again, everyone else in the team is
> fine.
>
> Borland/CodeGear/Embarcadero product registration has always been
> problematic for us, especially when registering Interbase licenses,
> always hit and miss, sometimes it allows us to bump sometimes doesn't,
> gave exactly the same error message as David received.
>
> I really hope Embarcadero will look into fixing their registration
> tools.
>
> Thanks
>
> Cheng Wei
> Software Development Manager
> Fairview Metal Industries
> M +64 21 410 776
> P +64 9 984 4917
> F +64 9 984 4993
> chengw at fmi.co.nz
> www.fmi.co.nz
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> |[mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jolyon Smith
> |Sent: Friday, 3 December 2010 1:13 p.m.
> |To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
> |Subject: Re: [DUG] Current Registrations
> |
> |> so long as Delphi keeps working for 30 days without registration!
> |
> |I'm pretty sure it hasn't allowed unregistered/unactivated use
> |for some versions now.
> |
> |Delphi 6 was the last time you didn't have to get permission
> |to use something you legitimately own in order to use it.
> |
> |Delphi 7 reportedly allowed you to freely enjoy your purchase,
> |and I remember using my own D7 in that state at one time, but
> |subsequently/more recently it didn't seem possible (either my
> |memory was playing tricks on me, and other people, or they
> |changed something in an update maybe).
> |
> |iirc with Delphi 2010, at least and possibly earlier versions,
> |if you do not activate you get dumped straight back out... no
> |grace period.
> |
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