ConnectedText v5

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 1, 2011 at 06:08 PM

Eduardo,

I’m posting an issue with Connected Text here, as it might be of interest to other forum members considering purchasing CT. I don’t expect a quick answer, so don’t worry if you see this after a few days.

Following a successful trial of CT, in the footsteps of Stephen and Graham, I decided to register the program, as it is perfect for a project I’m working on these days. I opted for the One User license, as I use most of my software in 2-3 PCs, at home, office and on the road (a cheap laptop where I only have my lighter programs installed).

I am now working from home, on a Windows 7 64-bit PC. For security reasons, I have a separate administrator account, which I use for installations and maintenance, but I usually log in as a normal user. Following the CT instructions, I installed the program from my administrator account. I then tested it as a normal user, which worked fine.

However, after purchasing, the following occured:
- I was unable to register the license as a normal user, which I am able to do with the majority of purchased programs
- I closed down CT, logged off, logged in as the administrator and registered the license correctly; I also updated to the latest maintenance release, checked the About box and saw my name prominently displayed
- I logged off from my administrator account, logged in as a normal user and… found that I am still using the TRIAL version!

Is this normal? I should note that I found an easy solution, which is to select Run As Administrator for CT from within my normal account; I can even set this as a parameter to SlickRun which I use to start my programs, so it’s not a serious obstacle.

However, I wonder whether this behaviour is on purpose. Is it a way to ensure that only one user will access the program even in the same PC? Would I have avoided the issue had I purchased a One Computer license?