X1 needs to learn a few lessons on the activation front. If it has a draconian regime, then it needs to put in place an simple and transparent mechanism for people top fix problems.
Strangely, Microsoft is a pretty good role model. It tends to "forget" that you have installed something after a decent interval.
So if I install something like Office, if I try again quite some time later, something like a year or so, its automated system does not object.
Nuance, another baddie on the activation front, also allows more leeway than seems to be the case with X1.
I can understand that X1 wants to block people from installing its software once a week on a new PC, but if someone comes back and tries to install it again on the same PC a year after they first installed it, then my guess is that the user has got into reinstall mode and isn't trying to pirate.
There are ways of cheating the activation system. People will resort to those if they feel that they are being messed about with. Treat them fairly and most people will reciprocate.
Strangely, Microsoft is a pretty good role model. It tends to "forget" that you have installed something after a decent interval.
So if I install something like Office, if I try again quite some time later, something like a year or so, its automated system does not object.
Nuance, another baddie on the activation front, also allows more leeway than seems to be the case with X1.
I can understand that X1 wants to block people from installing its software once a week on a new PC, but if someone comes back and tries to install it again on the same PC a year after they first installed it, then my guess is that the user has got into reinstall mode and isn't trying to pirate.
There are ways of cheating the activation system. People will resort to those if they feel that they are being messed about with. Treat them fairly and most people will reciprocate.
