by mentor972 » Wed May 25, 2016 1:51 am
mentor972
Wed May 25, 2016 1:51 am
Have to give everyone a heads up on my "solution" to the issue. The client had 2 combo licenses they just purchased. In the process of doing the "fix" by installing the beta, it activated the "standalone." That's usually how it's supposed to work. But when you uninstall the C4D beta and install the full version of C4D V3 to activate via the new login process, it works but uses the second standalone activation. This means you have one computer with 2 standalones activated. So the second computer that I went to install would just throw up errors cause there were no more matching standalones.
So I went back to the first computer to de-activate the standalone via the logout option, but it would only deactivate the last version I activated. So then what? There's no option online now to deactivate without emailing customer support and just waiting. I then spent an hour and a half going between machines, activating and deactivating via the C4D beta again. Plugin was still not matching the standalone correctly and I still had one activation that wouldn't go away. Finally I went and installed the beta standalone version and was somehow able to deactivate. Then go to computer number 2, install the beta C4D V3, register, install the full C4D V3, and just hit buttons until combinations of activating in different offices lined up and matched.
This is hair-pulling frustration. I know the launch has been a lot of work and there will be issues, but I really think they need to reconsider the online option to deactivate so we don't get screwed in a pinch. Sometimes you can't wait for offices on the other side of the earth to open and get your support email. There's got to be a better way. Preferably the old way. What happens if your computer takes a dump and you don't have the option to deactivate? Is email the only way?