05-07-2008, 05:32 PM
[quote laarree][quote swampy]I always try to remember to deactivate CS3 before making a SuperDuper backup so yesterday I tried to deactivate and got a big old dialog box telling me the Deactivation Failed - error 194:14 (I think it was) and to call Adobe tech support. After explaining what I was doing, they looked in my "records" (yes big brother keeps track) and said I had already deactivated CS3 21 times and that is the LIMIT.
I think you're being far too zealous with your deactivating CS3 before SuperDuper backups,
and have caused yourself this problem in an effort to avoid a problem that may never occur.
Relax.
Have you ever called Adobe to talk to them about this sort of issue? The first thing they ask is if you deactivated the copy. If you didn't, they flip you crap and act like they're not going to do anything for you because you didn't follow their instructions.
We had one computer stolen and Adobe gave us enough of an issue getting a new activation (had to give us a new key) that it's crossed my mind to deactivate every night.
I think you're being far too zealous with your deactivating CS3 before SuperDuper backups,
and have caused yourself this problem in an effort to avoid a problem that may never occur.
Relax.
Have you ever called Adobe to talk to them about this sort of issue? The first thing they ask is if you deactivated the copy. If you didn't, they flip you crap and act like they're not going to do anything for you because you didn't follow their instructions.
We had one computer stolen and Adobe gave us enough of an issue getting a new activation (had to give us a new key) that it's crossed my mind to deactivate every night.