Bye...

You're right, I thought about it like this too just now. I give away my license if possible, anyone can be happy and save $99, and I can stay away for like until 2025, will come back and see that nothing has changed. I could write "if anything has changed", but I know it's one of the bugs where I am the trigger. Companys don't change things for 0.0001% of their customers.

What I did: Start reaper, open Pianoteq, try to activate. It's says it's not possible. What have I done? I removed old activations. It said 3/3 so I do what computer people do and free resources. I leave it 1/3 because thats's my neat fanless mini laptop, it should probably still have Pianoteq working, because I sometimes hook up the Roland Go Piano.

I have no idea what I did wrong again. My guess is, I need to wait 24h, the website will uncache or update its activations to the activation server. Me wants to play piano.

One time a year I try to use this software and I don't know how. Wrong customers can and should leave and nobody should worry. I want to give away my license and know that nice piano sounds thing can make someone happy.

Best wishes for the activation server and to the Modartt company, I'm the wrong customer, and this beautiful (sounding) peace of software will find it's right destination.

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I think what goes wrong with me & Pianoteq is this:

I had my desktop activate PT in march. PT stores it's stuff into UEFI or whatever, I could have just used PT again even after putting a fresh Windows install on my drive. Or at least I could activate without problem, even if the user area website would say 3/3 because you smart guys at Modart know how to re-detect my desktop, and I DON't have to free activation slots, yep?

That could explain that it warned me to remove that slot. And then, when I have said I would have sold that PC or whatever, their server assumes I have really sold it, and the license should not spread. Yeah, but I have not sold it, or I could have bought it back (think of this, please?).

I have no idea. One thing is true, if it works for everyone except me, I'm the problem. I have the need to try something else. Take care, have fun, *wave*

You're right, I'll keep the license. A few years ago I mailed Modartt that Pianoteq would be [something with curse words that I don't remember]. And they would be able to judge from their logs, that I had huge frustration from just one non-activation at all. I tried to apologize by mail, but don't know who had read it. Let's be honest, I'm quickly out of plan with activation things because I have open source fantasies that never have come true until now. I'm back where I would say I'm in a supply chain, where Modartt have decided to design a very well done software, no doubt about that. I still feel stupid about how I wrote about it when it didn't activate a few years ago.

Now, let it not activate, I'm okay with it. I think when it warns you not to remove an activation slot, that is the point where it goes wrong. Did do that in 2015 or something, did it now. I have no idea why. Also, I never know if I have sold something or just installed Windows again. Trying out software on a daily basis, games also, my PC would be a internet time bomb if I let it without a fresh windows install.

So, I will use the cheap piano sound from Instant Orchestra or err.. just wait and see.

What I want to re-state: I have no idea what the user area talks about when I do something with the slots. As customer may I give a little advice that ever software company does a different thing and I have lost track what they want from me. ;-)

Tnx...tc..& sorry...

I'm not certain but I have a vague alleged-memory of Modartt undoing that "re-activation" block once.  I think it's very much a non-trivial thing for them to do but asking support won't hurt ( if you don't make a habit of it :-) ).  If you're anything like me and swap hardware around when you build/upgrade PCs and laptops, I suspect it crops up a bit.

Hi, do anyone know to what part of the computer the activation is linked to ? The motherboard probably ?
If I change the processor, memory, graphic card, power unit, hard drive and operating system of my machine, is the computer still the same or not ?
Maybe the FAQ could be more explicit on the subject ?

Activation should be a back-and-forth between any three computers, where you could manage your list from the user area. Why make it so final?

When I updated my computer, I mistakenly deactivated Pinoteq. But fortunately, Pinoteq engineers quickly realized the situation and restored my activation and asked me not to do this again.