Old Forte Agent and registration?
Jarkko Setälä
I am (still) using Forte (Free) Agent 1.93, and have no need to
upgrade to a newer version of the program.
I need sometimes to use the crosspost check funktion that is under the
"purchased version" of Agent in this version package.
Is it still possible to registrate the old version? I somewhere read
that Forte inc does not support the old version any more, so because
of that I thought it is not possible to registrate the old version
anymore. But how is it, in fact?
---J---
Mark Prince
<jar...@eiroskaa.setala.fi> wrote:
>Is it still possible to registrate the old version? I somewhere read
>that Forte inc does not support the old version any more, so because
>of that I thought it is not possible to registrate the old version
>anymore. But how is it, in fact?
Yes, it's still possible. While we don't technically support these
older versions, if you purchase an Agent license for 4.2 (with free
upgrade to 5.0 when it is released), you can use that key to unlock
any prior version of Agent too. So, if you buy a new key, you can
enter the key into Free Agent 1.93 and the new key will register it to
gain access to the features Free Agent doesn't have. I hope that
answers your questions. Please let me know if there is still any
confusion.
Mark
--
Mark Prince
Forte Agent Support Team
http://www.forteinc.com/whatsnew/index.php
s|b
> I have another question about the 1.93 version, Mark.
>
> I will be re-installing XP Pro shortly.
>
> I want to continue to use 1.93.
>
> Can I get it and re-install it?
Why don't you make a backup of your existing copy (the complete Agent
folder) and place that back on your hdd after the reinstall? Should work
fine...
--
s|b
Luca
> I have another question about the 1.93 version, Mark.
>
> I will be re-installing XP Pro shortly.
>
> I want to continue to use 1.93.
>
> Can I get it and re-install it?
Dealing with Agent, that's like asking "with a power black out, can I still
play my violin using batteries?" Sort of :-)
--
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Caesar Romano
<z23456789...@sbcglobal.net> wrote Re Re: Old Forte Agent and
registration?:
>On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:07:34 +0100, "s|b" <pri...@usenet4all.org>
>wrote:
>Doesn't Agent have entries in the Registry?
No. All you need is the Agent directory tree. Just zip it up copy to a
CD or wherever, then copy back after re-installing WinXP.
Monty
>
>I have another question about the 1.93 version, Mark.
>
>I will be re-installing XP Pro shortly.
>
>I want to continue to use 1.93.
>
>Can I get it and re-install it?
>
John,
Others have explained that you can copy your Agent 1.93 to CD/DVD and
copy to your new XP Pro installation. You can also download Agent 1.93
in various languages at
http://mirrors.easynews.com/agent/ftp.forteinc.com/pub/agent/
Monty
Peter Bennett
wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:59:20 -0700, John
><z23456789...@sbcglobal.net> wrote Re Re: Old Forte Agent and
>registration?:
>
>>On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:07:34 +0100, "s|b" <pri...@usenet4all.org>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:23:06 -0700, John wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have another question about the 1.93 version, Mark.
>>>>
>>>> I will be re-installing XP Pro shortly.
>>>>
>>>> I want to continue to use 1.93.
>>>>
>>>> Can I get it and re-install it?
>>>
>>>Why don't you make a backup of your existing copy (the complete Agent
>>>folder) and place that back on your hdd after the reinstall? Should work
>>>fine...
>>
>>Doesn't Agent have entries in the Registry?
>
>No. All you need is the Agent directory tree. Just zip it up copy to a
>CD or wherever, then copy back after re-installing WinXP.
If you do that, after copying the CD to the new machine, be sure to
mark all files as no "Read Only" - files copied from CD are usually
marked "Read Only", because you can't write to them on the CD, but
Agent needs write access to its files.
--
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OzOldie
>On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:59:20 -0700, John
><z23456789...@sbcglobal.net> wrote Re Re: Old Forte Agent and
>registration?:
>>Doesn't Agent have entries in the Registry?
>
>No. All you need is the Agent directory tree. Just zip it up copy to a
>CD or wherever, then copy back after re-installing WinXP.
Just be careful with CD copies. Depending on how you retrieve the
files they may all be marked as read only and Agent will not work
until relevant files are made read write.
Oz OLdie
Caesar Romano
<pet...@somewhere.invalid> wrote Re Re: Old Forte Agent and
registration?:
>>>Doesn't Agent have entries in the Registry?
>>
>>No. All you need is the Agent directory tree. Just zip it up copy to a
>>CD or wherever, then copy back after re-installing WinXP.
>
>If you do that, after copying the CD to the new machine, be sure to
>mark all files as no "Read Only" - files copied from CD are usually
>marked "Read Only", because you can't write to them on the CD, but
>Agent needs write access to its files.
Good point. After restoring the directory tree go to a console window,
then go to the Agent directory and type
attrib /s -r *.*
and that will correct the problem. Better yet, as others have pointed
out, just use a USB thumb drive to move the files.