What's done is done. My eyes are bleeding from reading all these threads... It's obvious how a lot of people feel here. The company needs to do what it needs to do, and we as consumers need to do what we need to do. I don't buy any software that 'phones home' or requires activation online. I've had my PC pretty messed up by these protection schemes. I had one hell of a time registering Dance Studio of all things as I surf on one machine and keep my much loved software on another... It didn't see Dance Studio on my surf machine and refused to deal with me. For $8.95 I got more headaches that the worth of the program. That was the last time. I tossed the CD out.