dongle gone t's U

ecc83 · #1 (**permalink**) 30th April 2009 , 08:17 AM

I opened Cubase E4 this morning ok. Closed a file, then it "stuck".

Task Mang>"Not Responding". Reason no dongle found. So I started to investigate but the Syncrosoft wizard asks for an activation code?

When I upgraded to E4 (from SE3) I do not recall having or putting in any such code? If I remember correctly I ran E4 then on re start went thru' the dongle parraphenalia and all was fine and has been since Nov 2008.

I have now physically removed the dongle which I fitted internally and am about to try Hardware manager to see if that sorts it.

WTF is the point of dongle protection IF when you have a problem you STILL have to have a *&^%$ code a la Samplitude! Which is just about my only complaint about Magix Sam!

It is of course MORE than likely that this old fool DID have a code and has completely forgotten where it came from or is!

Any ideas please chaps?

ecc83 · #2 (**permalink**) 30th April 2009 , 08:38 AM

OK,
Sorted but not understood!

I powered down, pulled the dongle and powered back up and "told" HardMang that I had not yet fitted the hardware, expecting upon a restart it would "found new hardware" di da. Nope!

I had re fitted the dongle in a MOBO port (as against the multi-pci jobbie) and all fired up as normal. Cubase opened fine.

Shut down, put dongle back into pci card. Reboot, still fine.

So WHY did it ask me for fekkin' code if it didn't fekkin' NEED one!

Dave.

waxxy · #3 (**permalink**) 30th April 2009 , 01:44 PM

ive had this to and it scared the crap out of me..how i fixed it ws to goto the syncrosoft website and update its drivers ive never had the problem since .

terminal3 · #4 (**permalink**) 30th April 2009 , 02:00 PM

Syncrosoft dongles p*ss me off. Mine always says "Licenser not found!!" when I try to load a plug-in in Pro Tools that's looking for it, and after clicking through a couple error screens it invariably works anyway, so I guess it DID find the dongle after all.

There also used to be a glitch with them where all your authorisations would suddenly not be viewable on a Mac, the only way to fix it was to load the SCC on a PC and plug your dongle in/boot the software. Thankfully they seem to have fixed that but what a pain if you don't own a PC...

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#1 (permalink) 30th April 2009 , 08:17 AM
ecc83 Super Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 400	dongle gone t's U I opened Cubase E4 this morning ok. Closed a file, then it "stuck". Task Mang>"Not Responding". Reason no dongle found. So I started to investigate but the Syncrosoft wizard asks for an activation code? When I upgraded to E4 (from SE3) I do not recall having or putting in any such code? If I remember correctly I ran E4 then on re start went thru' the dongle parraphenalia and all was fine and has been since Nov 2008. I have now physically removed the dongle which I fitted internally and am about to try Hardware manager to see if that sorts it. WTF is the point of dongle protection IF when you have a problem you STILL have to have a *&^%$ code a la Samplitude! Which is just about my only complaint about Magix Sam! It is of course MORE than likely that this old fool DID have a code and has completely forgotten where it came from or is! Any ideas please chaps?
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#2 (permalink) 30th April 2009 , 08:38 AM
ecc83 Super Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 400	OK, Sorted but not understood! I powered down, pulled the dongle and powered back up and "told" HardMang that I had not yet fitted the hardware, expecting upon a restart it would "found new hardware" di da. Nope! I had re fitted the dongle in a MOBO port (as against the multi-pci jobbie) and all fired up as normal. Cubase opened fine. Shut down, put dongle back into pci card. Reboot, still fine. So WHY did it ask me for fekkin' code if it didn't fekkin' NEED one! Dave.
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#3 (permalink) 30th April 2009 , 01:44 PM
waxxy Rave Digga Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,104	ive had this to and it scared the crap out of me..how i fixed it ws to goto the syncrosoft website and update its drivers ive never had the problem since .
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#4 (permalink) 30th April 2009 , 02:00 PM
terminal3 Sound Guru Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: London Posts: 2,176	Syncrosoft dongles p*ss me off. Mine always says "Licenser not found!!" when I try to load a plug-in in Pro Tools that's looking for it, and after clicking through a couple error screens it invariably works anyway, so I guess it DID find the dongle after all. There also used to be a glitch with them where all your authorisations would suddenly not be viewable on a Mac, the only way to fix it was to load the SCC on a PC and plug your dongle in/boot the software. Thankfully they seem to have fixed that but what a pain if you don't own a PC...
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