FP has disappeared from my system

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wyndwoman_at_aol.com
Date: 03/28/04


Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:02:11 -0800

Problem solved -
Right after I posted my question, another possible
solution occurred to me. I used the install disk to
uninstall the product, then started over from scratch.
Now it's working.

I still don't have an explanation for why it disappeared
in the first place, but at least I can work now!

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not sure if this is a FP problem, or a Windows XP
>problem. I've had FP2002 on my desktop for a couple
years.
>In December I got a laptop and installed the same copy on
>it (and activated it). A month later I tried to install
it
>on a 2nd laptop that I own. When I went to activate it, I
>learned that I'm limited to installing on 1 desktop and 1
>laptop. Ok, that's fine.
>
>Now, 3 months later, I went to use FP on my laptop, and
>it's completely gone from my system. I got out the
>original disk and tried to install it again. It went
>through the motions of "reinstalling" (it obviously
>realized that FP had been installed on the machine
>before), and announced that reinstallation was complete.
>However, it is still not on my machine, anywhere. I
tried
>again with the same results.
>
>Anyone got any ideas? I checked the Windows XP support
>FAQ, and it does indeed say that you can have the product
>on one desktop and one laptop, and it also says that
>products can't be "de-activated" using their activation
>program. However, I'm slightly paranoid that somehow
>Microsoft has set a time bomb in my computer to knock out
>programs it doesn't think I should have. :)
>
>Lorraine
>.
>



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