Eh...how does the software know?

[Red96TA]

I've installed Serious Magic Ultra on my desktop to do my editing. Fast forward a few months and I installed the program on my laptop. The software throws an error that their site states means that I can't have the software on two computers....now this sounds a little fishy to me. The laptop isn't connected to the internet and the install dvd can't 'know' if I've installed the program on another computer....how can it know?

[rallynavvie]

They're watching you

[thecoalman]

The software throws an error that their site states means that I can't have the software on two computers....now this sounds a little fishy to me. The laptop isn't connected to the internet ....

That's a little contradictory....

[Red96TA]

Let me back up for a moment. I got the error on the laptop and THEN looked it up on my connected desktop to see what the error meant. Hope that clears up the perceived contradictions.

[Ripper2860]

Perhaps there is an activation key or S/N that was tied to hardware when you initially registered. If so using a key or S/N that was originally generated for one system would not work on another and when the software compared the key against a Laptop generated hardware hash -- it realized that it was different hardware and gave the error.