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Purchase Q2008 Premier on Ebay Les 10-18-2007
Posted by John Pollard on October 20, 2007, 4:00 pm
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 Laura wrote:
> I'm not sure if Quicken really has any way of checking for
> legal
> copies. A friend of mine got a copy of quicken from a relative
> and
> was able to install and register it without any problems.

> There is no
> serial number to enter (unlike most other programs) so there
> is no
> way of Intuit checking to see if your copy is legit.

I think there is a unique number for each copy of Quicken. You
may not manually enter it in the registration process, but I
think Intuit has access to it.

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Posted by bjn on October 21, 2007, 9:20 am
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 wrote:

>Laura wrote:
>> I'm not sure if Quicken really has any way of checking for
>> legal
>> copies. A friend of mine got a copy of quicken from a relative
>> and
>> was able to install and register it without any problems.
>
>> There is no
>> serial number to enter (unlike most other programs) so there
>> is no
>> way of Intuit checking to see if your copy is legit.
>
>I think there is a unique number for each copy of Quicken. You
>may not manually enter it in the registration process, but I
>think Intuit has access to it.


I would be interested in how Intuit customizes each CD that is stamped out
with a unique serial number that can be read programatically.

Posted by Han on October 21, 2007, 11:43 am
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> I would be interested in how Intuit customizes each CD that is stamped
> out with a unique serial number that can be read programatically.

That may be known to some, but I would guess that it is some sort of trade
secret. There has to be a way to give each CD a "serial number".

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Han
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Posted by Scott Lindner on October 21, 2007, 12:32 pm
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> That may be known to some, but I would guess that it is some sort of trade
> secret. There has to be a way to give each CD a "serial number".

If there is a unique code on each CD it is in the files and not some special
trick on the CD. The DVD ROM drive on my computer burned out a long time
ago. Long story but in my house Quicken is on my computer, and my wife's
stuff is on hers. Just the best way for us. To get it to install on my
computer I need to use her computer because her DVD ROM drives work.
Because I can't get file sharing to work properly because of a Symantec
product I have installed on both machines I have resorted to dumping the CD
to an ISO image, moving the file by hand to my computer, and using Daemon
Tools to mount the image. It installs fine. I do this with Turbo Tax as
well. So if there is a unique code, it's in the files because this process
works for me. I'm sure I am violating some arbitrary set of rules
somewhere, but I paid for it and don't feel like buying another DVD ROM
drive when I have a solution that works for me.

Scott



Posted by Han on October 21, 2007, 3:38 pm
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>> That may be known to some, but I would guess that it is some sort of
>> trade secret. There has to be a way to give each CD a "serial
>> number".
>
> If there is a unique code on each CD it is in the files and not some
> special trick on the CD. The DVD ROM drive on my computer burned out
> a long time ago. Long story but in my house Quicken is on my
> computer, and my wife's stuff is on hers. Just the best way for us.
> To get it to install on my computer I need to use her computer because
> her DVD ROM drives work. Because I can't get file sharing to work
> properly because of a Symantec product I have installed on both
> machines I have resorted to dumping the CD to an ISO image, moving the
> file by hand to my computer, and using Daemon Tools to mount the
> image. It installs fine. I do this with Turbo Tax as well. So if
> there is a unique code, it's in the files because this process works
> for me. I'm sure I am violating some arbitrary set of rules
> somewhere, but I paid for it and don't feel like buying another DVD
> ROM drive when I have a solution that works for me.
>
> Scott
>
Well, then there the "serial number" is in one of the files. Q2008 can
be installed on 3 computers (I believe the same household, but how would
you check that?). So I don't think you violated any rules. You made a
backup CD, as an ISO image. That's all allowed, I think.


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Best regards
Han
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