icprncss2 posted at 12:52AM Fri, 27 November 2015 - #4241143

Basically, Poser now phones home every 60 days if it has a dedicated connection. If it does not, it must contact the activation server at least once withing 180 days or Poser deactivates. There is a way to manually activate but it does require an internet connection to obtain the activation information. Sometime in the future, SMS is supposed to create a portal that will allow you to register your copy and make the manual activation permanent to avoid the deactivation. How this works or when it will be available is anyone's guess.

No software in either of my two serious computers "phones home", there is no connection to the net in either one. Not even a LAN card. Sounds to me like sometime in the future, before it will activate again, it's going to be saying it has to have my CC number. 'nuff said, I can stay with 2014. Installed this morning, uninstalled within an hour because of needing "activation". They have my name, address,phone number and more than likely, the SN recorded. They shouldn't need any more unless for the reason I stated, to sometime in the future pry more money out of me. Done with them now.

Doric

The "I" in Doric is Silent.