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Re: Speededit licensing expiry
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Olav Kappert <[log in to unmask]>
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Olav Kappert <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:10:23 -0500
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Now if there was only a program like this that would work on a PC....

Olav.

Shawn Gordon wrote:

> While we don't sanction this for bypassing a programs legitimate 
> timing out, it sounds like you've gotten in a bind with a product you 
> paid for and the vendor is gone.  Our Timewarp product which was 
> originally created to do Y2K virtual dates would likely allow you to 
> keep working, you can get some information from 
> http://www.smga3000.com/timewarp_detail.html about the product - feel 
> free to contact me about pricing and such.
>
> At 05:02 AM 1/17/2006, Paul Frohlich wrote:
>
>> My copy of SpeedEdit has 'died'. When trying to load a file for 
>> editing I
>> get the messages:-
>>
>> 'Making work copy'
>> 'INVALID FILE REFERENCE (FSERR 54)'
>>
>> - and the file won't load.
>>
>> I looked in my manual and found a section on Work Files. When editing a
>> file Speed Edit creates a work file to hold the changes: it uses a
>> structured name for the work file. According to the manual " ... the 
>> first
>> character of the [work] file name represents the year the [work] file 
>> was
>> created, the letter A indicating 1980, B 1981 etc." Therefore Z was 2005
>> and so there is no letter for 2006! SpeedEdit may be trying to use 
>> the next
>> character in the ASCII table, which is probably non-numeric, 
>> resulting in
>> an invalid MPE file name. A very neat way of making software expire. I
>> suppose the authors didn't think anyone would be using SpeedEdit in 
>> 2006!
>>
>> Has anyone got any ideas on how to get around this problem?
>>
>> Paul Frohlich
>> DMX Music, UK.
>>
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>
>
> Regards,
>
> Shawn Gordon
> President
> theKompany.com
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