In five years from now you may not be able to install FrontPage at all -
never mind activate it.
Take FrontPage 98 for example:
RTM in late 1997
Required a server - a cut down version of IIS4 was supplied with the
program.
Worked on Windows 95 and Windows 98 without problems.
Two years later - Windows ME. Could not install the server without hacks.
2002 - less than five years after RTM, and _still_supported_by_Microsoft_ -
could not install a server on Windows XP Home, making the program almost
unusable on that platform.
"or do they somehow make it so you don't have to activate it?" No one can
change the CD you are using, and the CD is coded for activation. Whether
the activation servers for FrontPage (or any other program for that matter)
will exist in 5 years from now is not something I can answer.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
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"rulerrock" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F18CDF51-6863-487A-BCD9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> ok- now I'm confused about the activation process failing becasue of "Out
> of
> Support"- let's say in 5 years just to make it clear- will you be able to
> call Microsoft to activate? or do they somehow make it so you don't have
> to
> activate it? So does it depend somehow on which O/S you have?
>
> "Ronx" wrote:
>
>> You probably will not have to use the telephone option next year since
>> on-line re-activations are normally allowed every 12 months - different
>> time period for Operating Systems. Unless, that is, the activation
>> process
>> fails due to old age or Out of Support. I cannot help on that.
>> I have re-activated my own copy of FP2003 about 5 times using the on-line
>> system without problems.
>> --
>> Ron Symonds
>> Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
>> http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
>>
>> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>>
>>
>>
>> "rulerrock" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:C3B64BA9-49F7-4471-95E7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > well, I'm not a fan of expression web since I actually bought that
>> > first
>> > and
>> > tried to install/run it (on a different computer) and it loaded OK, but
>> > when
>> > I tried to run it, I got the vague "you have a problem" error but no
>> > way
>> > of
>> > fixing it. I installed it (completely) again (which took hours) and
>> > same
>> > error- so I took back to store.
>> > So- I decided to go back to Frontpage since I know it and I generally
>> > don't
>> > need help with it (from anybody)- however, I didn't realize there would
>> > be
>> > a
>> > problem with activation key. So, back to the original question- since I
>> > bought it on Ebay, and it was activated by somepbody else already, can
>> > I
>> > use
>> > the telephone activation and "delete" the old activation on the Ebay
>> > seller's
>> > computer and get 2 new one for my computers. I just want to make sure I
>> > won't
>> > have a problem next year when I actually want to activate it on a new
>> > piece
>> > of hardware.
>> >
>> > "Ronx" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Whether you activate the program now or not is immaterial - you will
>> >> have
>> >> to
>> >> activate it when you install it on your new PC.
>> >> If the new PC is going to run Windows 7 then you may wish to upgrade
>> >> to
>> >> Expression Web instead of using FrontPage - some (though not all)
>> >> FrontPage
>> >> users have problems saving pages and publishing when using FrontPage
>> >> on
>> >> Windows 7.
>> >>
>> >> Also bear in mind that FrontPage is no longer supported by Microsoft -
>> >> support for the program ended last summer, and support for FP
>> >> extensions
>> >> ended in 2006 (except for Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers), and all
>> >> support
>> >> for extensions on these platforms will end soon (date unknown by me at
>> >> this
>> >> time, but I expect later this year for Windows 2003).
>> >> --
>> >> Ron Symonds
>> >> Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
>> >> http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
>> >>
>> >> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "rulerrock" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:798D6AB8-F5AA-408C-831D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > I bought a used copy of FP on Ebay to use on a computer that I will
>> >> > be
>> >> > buying
>> >> > *next year*. However, I want to make sure that I can activate it
>> >> > later,
>> >> > even
>> >> > though FP has been discontinued. The Ebay seller assures me it has
>> >> > been
>> >> > deleted from her machine, but she did activate it. Should I wait
>> >> > until
>> >> > 2011
>> >> > (when I buy the new computer) to activate the software, will
>> >> > Microsoft
>> >> > still
>> >> > be in the business of activating FP software in the next few years
>> >> > (since
>> >> > Expression Web seems to be the new Microsft product). I don't want
>> >> > to
>> >> > wait
>> >> > and then have it not work properly.
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>> .
>>
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