On my new computer I installed EMC 9 and after a few shakedown problems it seemed to be working OK. I made two test movies complete with all the extras and burned a disc for one of them.
Yesterday I wanted to take a look at some of the other features in the EMC 9 program. I clicked on Create Slideshow. The program opened and I added pictures and music. One of the choices given was to Edit in Video Wave which I chose. Video Wave opened and it had a warning box saying I needed to activate MPEG2 Codec. I selected Auto activation and I was given a message of Invalid Code. I then read the John at Roxio instructions for Manual Activation in the Activation Forum. I printed them out and followed each step to the letter. Manual Activation failed and I got an ERR message. I rebooted my computer and tried again. Still no Manual Activation. I ran a System Restore back to where the program was working but System Restore had no effect on the program. When I tried to cancel the warning box it simply shut the program down.
I then went back and read some of the posts in the Activation forum. One of the posts mentioned turning off Virus Scan and Firewall. By now seeing visions of a reinstall. I shut down both Virus Scan and Firewall and then tried Manual Activation again and I finally got the 25 digit orange activation code numbers. I copied them down and entered them into the respective boxed on the Offline Product Activation Box. This completed the activation and the program seems to be working again. I am not sure whether shutting down Virus Scan and Firewall was what made the Manual Activation work. Perhaps if they were shut down that Auto Activation would have worked.
I had this program on my old computer and it ran without a problem for 3 years. Sometimes, as much as I like this program it sure does try one's soul.
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Willard M
On my new computer I installed EMC 9 and after a few shakedown problems it seemed to be working OK. I made two test movies complete with all the extras and burned a disc for one of them.
Yesterday I wanted to take a look at some of the other features in the EMC 9 program. I clicked on Create Slideshow. The program opened and I added pictures and music. One of the choices given was to Edit in Video Wave which I chose. Video Wave opened and it had a warning box saying I needed to activate MPEG2 Codec. I selected Auto activation and I was given a message of Invalid Code. I then read the John at Roxio instructions for Manual Activation in the Activation Forum. I printed them out and followed each step to the letter. Manual Activation failed and I got an ERR message. I rebooted my computer and tried again. Still no Manual Activation. I ran a System Restore back to where the program was working but System Restore had no effect on the program. When I tried to cancel the warning box it simply shut the program down.
I then went back and read some of the posts in the Activation forum. One of the posts mentioned turning off Virus Scan and Firewall. By now seeing visions of a reinstall. I shut down both Virus Scan and Firewall and then tried Manual Activation again and I finally got the 25 digit orange activation code numbers. I copied them down and entered them into the respective boxed on the Offline Product Activation Box. This completed the activation and the program seems to be working again. I am not sure whether shutting down Virus Scan and Firewall was what made the Manual Activation work. Perhaps if they were shut down that Auto Activation would have worked.
I had this program on my old computer and it ran without a problem for 3 years. Sometimes, as much as I like this program it sure does try one's soul.
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