Sat, Feb 12 2005 19:01
bradley
A little too much security got in the way of me trying to be more secure
So I'm out on the PGP web site, bought the personal PGP drive for adding a virtual PGP drive to another workstation for a bit more paranoid security and I go to “authorize the license” and get this message:
Rats. Okay....must be because of ISA...so let me do a quick fix to allow anything out and try again....hmmm still no go... okay let me contact customer support/tech support.
grrrrr tech support is only 24/7 for their Enterprise customers....okay so I have to send an email to ask for support....okay so I sent an email off..... and now I notice this info:
To submit your license authorization request, please go to http://www.pgpsupport.com/licenseadmin.asp. After submitting the form, you will receive instructions on authorizing your PGP Software within one business day. This excludes weekends/U.S. holidays.
Oh gee thanks...I was hoping to have this in place over the weekend because that's the best time I have with messin' with computers around here without interfering with everyone elses schedules and time.....sigh.....
...okay so I'm in a mood tonight ...but PGP ..while I totally understand the need for you to put in a “rights management“ system to ensure that only licensed folks get to use your software.... just don't make it hard for us folks buying the software to get what we need when we need it.
... maybe I'll just use EFS instead.....
With PGP 8.0, we are introducing a new license number system. Please follow the steps below to authorize your license and begin using your software.
- After installing the PGP software, please launch it. When you launch the software for the first time, you are presented with the License Authorization window, which has three fields that need to be completed. Enter your license number that is located next to your "Grant Number" in your confirmation email from PGP Corporation. Then enter your name and organization as you did when purchased this product.
- Once you have entered the correct information, use the "Authorize" button in the license authorization window to complete your authorization.
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