Bentley CD question

[Michael McLaughlin]

The Bentley people are always watching...

Thanks for the responses. I was fully expecting to get a "Yeah, it's 
practically worthless, so I'll take it off your hands for five bucks."  
:-)  Looks like I'll have to call the Bentley folks -- the software was 
installed on a friend's computer (I have Macs) that is no longer with 
us.

Thanks for the help.

-Mike

On Mar 24, 2005, at 3:33 PM, Ti Kan wrote:

> Huw Powell writes:
>>> I think that the CD can be installed no more than on 5 different
>>> computers. Before selling it it must be uninstalled from your pc,
>>> then you get a new transfer code from the uninstall process, and it
>>> must go with the disc. That code must be entered when it is
>>> reinstalled. Once you do that 5 times then you must purchase a new
>>> license.
>>
>> How can the cd tell this?  Does it "phone home"?
>
> Yes indeed.  Before you can use the Bentley CD, you have to install and
> register it.  Each copy of the CD comes with a label that has a unique
> serial number that you would have to enter during the registration
> phase.  Installing the same serial number in a second installation
> would require a transfer code from the un-install of the first 
> instance,
> or you'd have to call Bentley to have them give you a code.
>
> -Ti
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