Which Disk is Which?

[Miara Transportation Information]

We recently bought 3 new Win XP Pro workstations from a vendor. Each PC
was loaded with NAV 2005. Each NAV purchase was an individual disk, and
the seller installed and activated each one prior to delivery.

HOWEVER...none of the disks are marked as to which PC they go with. My
understanding is that if I ever need to uninstall/reinstall the program
from one of these workstations I will need the original disk.

Is there any way of telling from the disk's Product Key or the program
itself which disk belongs with which PC?

TIA!

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Is there any way of telling from the disk's Product Key or the program
itself which disk belongs with which PC?

The key may be listed on the Help->About window. Some software does
that. Otherwise, insert one disk and try it. If you get a "bad dog, no
biscuit" message, try another one, etc. Once found, mark the disk.

 

[Jim]

We recently bought 3 new Win XP Pro workstations from a vendor. Each PC
was loaded with NAV 2005. Each NAV purchase was an individual disk, and
the seller installed and activated each one prior to delivery.

HOWEVER...none of the disks are marked as to which PC they go with. My
understanding is that if I ever need to uninstall/reinstall the program
from one of these workstations I will need the original disk.

Is there any way of telling from the disk's Product Key or the program
itself which disk belongs with which PC?

TIA!

Yes, you will need an original disk to reinstall almost any program.
Belarc lists software licenses (www.belarc.com).
Jim

 

[Virus Guy]

NAV 2005

My understanding is that if I ever need to uninstall/reinstall the
program from one of these workstations I will need the original
disk.

I would be very surprised that the NAV 2005 CD's are encoded with some
unique serial number on each CD. During installation, NAV probably
did what Macro$haft does with XP, which is to generate a code based on
the hardware of the PC and shoot that off to Symantec.

You probably have a matching serial number on the box or package the
CD came in (I doubt that it would be on a sticker or label on the CD
itself, but it might be). That serial number is important (if NAV
2005 has such a serial number - older versions of NAV don't). But I
have no experience with any version of NAV beyond 2002 but I do know
that Symantec has put a lot of effort into preventing multiple
installations (and re-installations) from the same CD. More effort
into that than, say, making the product faster or achieve higher
performance (less resources) than previous versions.

[why isin't software rated on a performance basis? Where are the
zero-to-60 numbers, the peak horsepower, torque curves,
power-to-weight ratio's, lateral G force numbers for software?]