Air3 complete i-lok activations

[dellboy]

I purchased the Air complete pack 18 months ago, and I think its great.

But this soft i-lok thing has reset my activation twice. Its the same computer. No change in hardware, but I turned on the computer and fired up Strike drums and it has lost its activation. It now asked for the serial number, so I entered it for the whole pack only to be told that all my activations have been used !

What going on ?

I thought I had bought this pack forever, but it seems that you only get two activations ,and both of those have been used up by i-lok resetting itself.

Is it really only two activations , or have I misunderstood how the soft i-lok works ?

[sbangs_air]

Hello, you get two seats per license if you make a free iLok account you can move these around without needing to contact us. If you need a reset please drop us a note at softwaresales@airmusictech.com

This guide is helpful for iLok protected software from inMusic.

http://noterepeat.com/products/air-musi ... k-licenses

[fluffy_little_something]

I find that whole system too complicated. Activate, authorize, redeem, register, take ownership. I don't know the difference between all those actions.

No wonder people prefer U-he and such brands that use a simple, intuitive protection system. No absurd 2-activation limit, I can buy a new computer every day and activate my U-he license every day if I feel like it.

Since I own the license, it might even be illegal to impose such activation limits.

[devilnishy]

I recently had the same problem. The usual culprits for this are windows updates.

[rlared]

I find that whole system too complicated. Activate, authorize, redeem, register, take ownership. I don't know the difference between all those actions.

No wonder people prefer U-he and such brands that use a simple, intuitive protection system. No absurd 2-activation limit, I can buy a new computer every day and activate my U-he license every day if I feel like it.

Since I own the license, it might even be illegal to impose such activation limits.

Didn't you know that AIR plugins used i-Lok when you bought it? I agree that the i-Lok is annoying and I actually avoid it nowadays, but I also can understand why a dev would want to use it to protect against piracy. The main reason I avoid i-Lok is actually just because I want to keep my memory / hard drive / registry as clean as possible and I don't like having unnecessary services running.

[VariKusBrainZ]

The main reason I avoid i-Lok is actually just because I want to keep my memory / hard drive / registry as clean as possible and I don't like having unnecessary services running.

I suggest you try another OS then

[sircuit]

The main reason I avoid i-Lok is actually just because I want to keep my memory / hard drive / registry as clean as possible and I don't like having unnecessary services running.

Try closing the DAW, usually is the biggest memory & CPU hog in the system.