PallyWoods Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Is this a feature. Just went through activating my keys for the modules I own and noticed I have either 5,6,or 7 activation's left on all of my aircraft. This is a bit worrisome for me as I tend to re-install the OS every 3-6 months. At this rate, if there isn't a way to deactivate before each install, I will need to repurchase all of my modules which all but 3 of them. I would really like to not spend another $300 to get more keys. Is there a way to deactivate? If not, is there any plan on doing this with EDGE or some other update?
sobek Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Yes, there is a way to deactivate, you can find the description in the quickstart manuals. Mind if i ask why you reinstall your OS every 3-6 months? Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
PallyWoods Posted April 30, 2015 Author Posted April 30, 2015 Mind if i ask why you reinstall your OS every 3-6 months? I like to download all the latest SDKs and sometimes old files screw things up in my C++ files. I simply back documents up and then reinstall the OS to make sure everything is clean and fresh. Also helps protect from worms and other malware. I don't recommend it for people who don't have a OEM version of their windows nor for people who have only one hard drive as you will lose all your files in doing so unless you are quite familiar with partitioning the drive around specific files.
sobek Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) As a developer i consistently update libraries on my PC and i gotta say i find that *extremely* overkill, but that's your prerogative. Just saying, i haven't touched my OS since at least 3 years apart from upgrading Win 7 to 8 and adding a Fedora partition and everything works absolutely great. As long as you don't shorten the OS install period to less than 30 days, you are pretty much golden as that is the rate at which you are granted one additional activation whenever you reach 0. Edited April 30, 2015 by sobek Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
cichlidfan Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Would it not be easier to image the disc right after you build it the way you want. No OS reinstall or deactivation/reactivation needed. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Gunny Huntarr Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 I think something is bugged in the deactivation popup. I made sure I deactivated my module before I acquired a new rig and I now have 8 left when I deactivated it. The manual states that when you deactivate the software it is not supposed to count against you. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] SysSpecs:Display= 4K 55" UHD JU6700 Series Curved Samsung Processor= Intel64 i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz RAM= 16 GB Ripjaws 4 series DDR4 2400 MHz GPU= NVIDIA GeForce MSI GTX 980 OCV1 1152MHz Core 4GB GDDR5 Memory Storage= 128GB Apotop S3C SSD Storage= 2TB Toshiba DT01ACA200 HDD OS= Win 10 Peripheral= TrackIR5 w/ TrackClip PRO Controller= Thrustmaster HOTAS WARTHOG™ USAF Replica :joystick:
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