Maybe they should just start using a hardware protection device of some kind.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=83669\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Perhaps. To be honest I'd rather they just didn't use copy protection though - it's user hostile. Sure some folk will take advantage, but most of those folk are already using the readily available cracked versions, so what difference will it make? Those who are legit will still be legit. All the copy protection does is cost everyone time and money. It must cost Adobe to run those toll-free numbers and the systems behind it. It certainly costs me in time lost when it doesn't work.
Anyway I've managed to sort out my install now - the registration line kept asking for an activation code, which apparently appears "during the install" - if it does, it appears for such a short length of time I've never seen it... In the end I hung up, since it wouldn't let me proceed without that mythical code.
So I speculatively removed Photoshop and all profiles, and tried reinstalling it again. Seems to be working fine now. *shrug*
That's an hour of my life I wont get back, thanks Adobe...
Now did I hear someone mention TheGIMP? ;)