Tempus Fugit, "I don't think the majority of Poser users have a problem with registration" I know six people who now have Poser 5 - two are close friends, and they had issues getting activation. In my book any problem caused a customer is a problem - either small or large, a customer expects a bug free and working copy of software they have bought. If a program causes a problem - in my book it is a failed piece of software because it hasn't delievered what is expected. I am learning programming, and the first thing we are taught is that any software that causes a customer a problem is a failure... I think there are a lot of companies out there that should start thinking like that too.. CL included.. And lets correct your reinstall thing here shall we... You can reinstall on the same harddrive as many times as you want to - as long as you don't change anything on your computer, or install your Poser 5 to another hard drive you are fine. As long as CL don't go bankrupt and you don't need a new activation code, everything will be fine... Again I am presenting an opinion which states that there are dangers which people should know about before they buy software with this type of copy protection - and that this copyprotection will NOT protect CL from warez, just delay it a little... so again - why upset your client base over something one has little control over? Now something else I want to establish here - I'm sorry all you people using Poser 4 and Poser 5 on more then one computer - sorry I am not supporting you guys. I do NOT agree with the use of software on multiple computers unless you buy a secondary licese or unless the EULA states you can. My fight is for those people who have hard drive issues, who upgrade, who don't have internet, who are the tibetan monk with a computer :) And the general principle of forced registration! I don't want CL to know I live in New Zealand at 1983 Hitlon Street and my phone number is 62-4-2345432 (had yea :P)