Joe wrote:
I purchased an IMS on-hold player v. 3.05 registration and ID key on 29 Jul 2005. Due to other problems, I am just now trying to register today (25 Oct 2005), but registration will not work with my ID key.
I haven't previously registered the software on a different computer, and I have carefully checked the spelling and capitalization on the registration details multiple times.
Does the ID key expire? If so, do I need to purchase a full version again?
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Yes, the key DO expire (has the date encrypted in it). To (re) install any NCH software, before entering the registration key you must set your computer date / time back to at most a week after the key was released.
After the software is positively registered, you can reset the date/time properly.
It happened to me: I had to reinstall the operating system and the whole set of applications on the same machine, and it won't accept the original key.
I tried to set the clock back to the date I received the confirnation email with the code and - hey presto - all went through.