[geeks] Adobe's Software Activation

[Michael-John Turner]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 03:42:53PM -0500, kevin at mpcf.com wrote:
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> Are they writing crap to the MBR or something or is
> this just BS?

Hmm... My guess is that they generate some form of unique 'machine ID'
based in part on MAC ID, HD firmware serial, etc. A low level format 
could possbily change the HD serial and make the Adobe software think 
it's a different machine?

-mj
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