[Rowbi]

thanks Dave.

yes EZDrummer is showing as installed.

just to clarify, I uninstalled (using add/remove programs) the illegal copy as soon as I’d installed it and realised it wasn’t a demo, and was in fact a cracked copy. I know now that rapidshare is dodgy, and I won’t make that mistake again (i hope). I thought it was like c-net downloads, which hosts a lot of shareware and demo software.

then a while later I bought ezdrummer and installed it from the CD.

So I’ve already uninstalled and reinstalled, to no effect.

Taking your advice, uninstalled EZDrummer and the cocktail kit, and then I found some registry entries that looked like product keys for EZDrummer, so I guess they are dodgy codes, and deleted them (I exported that reg key first just in case). I also found after uninstalling EZD, there was still an EZD folder and a file called Aversion was in there, with an old date (not yesterday when I installed the legit copy of EZD) so I removed that too.

just to clarify, here’s the reg keys I deleted:

they were here: [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesVirtualStoreMACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeToontrackSuperiorEZDrummer]

so I deleted that whole key with the following objects under it (I’ve edited out the key codes as they were dodgy):
“CPKey”=”XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX”
“CPKeyIx”=”1”
“CPKey2″=”XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX”

then installed again, and now I can register it.

thanks for all your help guys.

Regards Rowbi www.rowbinet.co.uk

[Rowbi]

yeah I already did uninstall everything as soon as I realised it wasn’t a demo (basically as soon as I started the illegal copy a while back).

I had already done an uninstall and reinstalled EZD v1.2.0.

Is there not a registry key or activation file that’s changed when the software is activated, that I can delete and so it’ll force me to re-authorise with my paid for license?

just in case there’s some confusion, my licensed copy is registered to

Regards Rowbi www.rowbinet.co.uk

[Rowbi]

ok, I understand about the midi grooves now.

and i like the sound of being able to use EZD and SD2.0.

thanks for your help… now I just need pay day to come around and I’ll be drumming away

Regards Rowbi www.rowbinet.co.uk

[Rowbi]

thanks for your answers.  it sounds like I can do what I want.
 
just to clarify things.
 
you mention: Supported sampler mappings at the time of writing are: EZdrummer®, Superior Drummer®, legacy dfh Superior and DFH® 1&2, Strike, Battery, Kontakt, BFD 1&2, Addictive Drums, Reason Drum Kits, SampleTank, Ocean Way Drums, SR DrumMasters, Steven Slate Drums, Drumcore, and of course any GM software or hardware sampler.
 
are you saying that I can use reason’s sampler to control EZPlayer Pro?  I’m not sure how that would work and what I could do with it.  can you expand a little as I’m new to Reason at the moment, and I’m still getting used to how it works.
 
Also, on the crossgrade option…. it’s cheaper for me to buy EZDrummer and the Crossgrade for SD2.0 than it is to buy just SD2.0 at my store.  so what I’m getting at is, if I buy EZDrummer and the crossgrade, will I just get my EZDrummer license totally removed and then a SD2 license added to my account?  or will I be able to use both if I want to because I did buy the EZDrummer full version as well as the SD2.0 crossgrade?  I know it sounds daft, but I save £20 that way, and I hope to then be able to use EZDrummer on its own sometimes too as that’s what I’m used to.

Regards Rowbi www.rowbinet.co.uk

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