[Magdalen] Computer help

[P. Dan Brittain]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:59 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a roll-back to your old form of windows. I used that after I found
> how deficient the new form was (how many programs I had lost). The
> roll-back is pretty quick, but you need to do it right away before the foul
> new windows makes any further changes.
>

Where and how?

As it happens, the codes are on the software box, and I assume the system
id codes (Thanks Kristen).

When I try to enter them into the blanks; they now have a different digit
length than those on the box.

Getting very frustrated with Avid; may cross the dark side to Finale; or
even better, There's a new software due this year from Daniel Spreadbury,
on of the former good guys at Sibelius. He was one of those laid off when
the company moved their engineering to the Ukraine.

d


> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:51 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Came home the other day to discover that Windows in its widsom had
> decided
> > to install Windows 10.
> >
> > I wasn't enthralled by it but didn't seem too big a deal.
> >
> > today, I tried to run my copy of Sibelius Music Software.
> >
> > The Avid folks seem to think I have switched computers so I have to go
> > through the licensing procedure again.
> >
> > I have my security code for the program, but it is asking for my system
> ID.
> > I don't remember how to find it. As I recall, when I first installed the
> > software, it generated a system ID for me, but I could be wrong. I do not
> > want to go through the re-install
> > again due to the time involved. I am due to head out this afternoon for
> the
> > Arkansas Bandmasters Association meeting.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> > P. Dan Brittain
> > Harrison, Arkansas
> >
> > http//:pdanbrittain.com
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> >
>



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