Paul, i've contacted LIPSinc about the problem, but did not get any results yet. Just wanted to know if someone in here already knows a workaround, and this forum is the only way to adress all experts i know. I do not support cracking in any way, but having my cd drive broken pisses me off, not being able to work with tools i did pay for, pisses me off even more. I would like to say that those CD checking methods are really annoying to paying customers. I dont want to be handicapped because of some dorks illegally copying software. that sucks! and thats another thing why i don't like warez and all sorts of stuff. We, the paying customers have to suffer from the methods used to prevent copying. And that really really sucks! Not to think about the cost of developing all those anti-copying mechanisms etc. I'm still not able to continue my work and wheater i want or not, i'll loose one customer if i don't get ready in time, thanks to a "please insert original cd" check and a broken drive! brave new world! -Ede