12.) I was reading the 98 posts on this subject..lol..another question. As I understand it form your answer to my questions above. That the authorization survives reformats..a good thing..so you dont have to reauth everytime you reformat..is this correct? 13.)There was some concernin the posts I read about this new protection feature checking your whole harddrive for other software and whether or not its legal..Is this true? And who would it report it too? Thanks for all your great Responses:)