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As far as I know you can't use a v6 license for v5. If the program doesn't do the job, you should probably ask for a refund. Many things can and have been said about Collectorz.com, but they're pretty quick giving refunds to unhappy customers.
I too think the v5 was far better than the current version, especially since I could actually search the Norwegian National Library, which was very useful for me! The decision to drop pre-ISBN books in their database is pretty aweful, although at least they're not closing the door on a solution. I'll be very surprised if they really succeed with their new BoC and MoC strategy. At least I have lifetime licenses for both as well as for Music Collector...-TucknDar (December 11, 2008, 02:00 AM)
v5 does a better job that v6. I don't know about non-US ISBNs, as most of our books are US versions.-cthorpe (December 10, 2008, 10:01 PM)
HELLO - anybody out there - Earth to DC, Earth to DC.....-CleverCat (December 10, 2008, 01:10 AM)
MC 6, which releases tomorrow, will now fetch data exclusively from their own online database. Support for IMDB and every other source has been completely dropped.-nosh (December 08, 2008, 11:26 AM)
I think it's not as bad as that sounds. From an update email they just sent out:Now, when you download the DVD details of your specific edition, our system will automatically use Amazon to supply the missing cover image.
The beauty of it is: you won't even notice :-)
Are you using our Flic or CueCat scanner to add your DVDs?
Then version 6 will work out great for you!
You see, now our system will also do automatic Amazon Lookups for all barcode searches that are not recognized by our own database.
Again, you won't notice a thing, apart from getting more hits of course!
And if even Amazon reports: "never heard of that one", we've got a new "last resort" lookup solution (only for Region 1 discs though):
-- The excellent Region 1 DVD List published by hometheaterinfo.com --
It won't give you cover images, but it will at least recognize your barcodes and return basic information like Title, Year, Studio, Genre and Release Date. The list is updated on a daily basis, so it will be a great help keeping our results up-to-date.-CWuestefeld (December 08, 2008, 12:15 PM)
Unfortunately they have no such agreements for the Acronis True Image Home versions.-J-Mac (December 08, 2008, 03:39 PM)
Ah... pity. That's probably why I upgraded to the Workstation version! When they rolled out the Workstation version, they offered Home users a very attractive upgrade and I jumped. I've never regretted doing so. I wonder if they still have a reasonable upgrade price for Home licensees?-Darwin (December 08, 2008, 07:32 PM)
I haven't been back to their forum at Wilders for three or four weeks so I don’t know if they released an amazing update or what!-J-Mac (December 08, 2008, 12:09 AM)
I haven't been there in a while, either, but I seriously doubt that they've released a comprehensive and amazing patch. The accusation I have read most over the years (also levelled at Corel with PaintShop Pro), is that they use their existing paid customers as beta testers and then charge them for the fruits of their labours (ie to upgrade to the next version). Thus, buying maintenance agreements from them is a good idea. As I mentioned (and Carol seems to have gone the same route), I upgraded a few years ago to the Workstation version (now called Echo) which hasn't had a numerical upgrade in ages but has been rock solid. This is a version for their corporate customers and seems to be updated fairly often. Maintenace agreements are cheap, as well - $16 a year. A LOT cheaper then buying upgrades.
Caveat: I have no idea what the built-in burner is like with this version, never having tried it.-Darwin (December 08, 2008, 12:19 PM)
Ever since True Image Home 11, Acronis has become pretty unreliable IMO.
Jim-J-Mac (November 09, 2008, 08:48 PM)
That's why I use Echo Workstation version - haven't used a home version since 9 (which was fine in my usage).-Darwin (November 09, 2008, 10:47 PM)
Ha,ha...I still use version 9 home. Does everything I want and is pretty much as reliable as Ghost (which we use at work).-steeladept (December 07, 2008, 05:53 PM)
No, I think I had the strangest dream last night.
I dreamed that I was brushing my teeth. Then as I was brushing my teeth I realized that my armpits were sweaty because I was a little hot. And apparently I didn't have a shirt on because the next action I took was to take my toothbrush out of my mouth and start brushing my armpits.
Then sanity and logic returned to me (sort of) and I realized what I was doing and that toothbrushes were meant for teeth and not armpits. So then I started to become very concerned about getting the toothbrush back in my mouth where it belonged but I didn't know how I was going to do that because I couldn't put it back in my mouth after it had been in my sweaty armpit. So then I put soap on my toothbrush and started rubbing it into the bristles. Then I realized that I couldn't just put it back in my mouth with soap all over it. It was a conundrum that I could not figure out.
Luckily I either woke up soon after that or just dreamed about something else, because I don't remember what happened next.
This is a true story. I really did dream that 24 hours ago when I was sleeping. Beat that!
But I think I need a new toothbrush, just to be on the safe side...-Deozaan (December 07, 2008, 08:30 AM)
Starting to sound like the start of a Clive Barker film. 
If it were 2D and Microsoft, it would have been considered a nightmare.
(see attachment in previous post)-app103 (December 07, 2008, 06:52 AM)
Thanks Jim,
I have posted the solution on BitsDuJour's comment section - http://www.bitsdujou...om/software/recentx/
Regards,
Gautam Jain-conceptworld (December 04, 2008, 06:30 AM)
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To be fair Roxio did it before Nero - that is why I swapped to Nero 5 originally.-Carol Haynes (December 03, 2008, 04:53 PM)
I had trouble with a few CD burning softwares that tried burning music but always ended up having a few songs skipping when the CD wasn't scratched, or song songs didn't even play. Since I switched to 'Roxio', I'm a happy man, and I get to listen to all the music on a CD every time with no type of skipping that makes you want to throw your player out a window.-Music_Guy (December 03, 2008, 11:28 AM)
While that is good advice J-mac, it ignores the context of this thread.
I mean theoretically everything can be safe if you have a backup irregardless of your security settings and it might help improve your security settings if you have the correct attitude in dealing with these but this ignores people who have different habits as well as people who don't have the technical knowledge to rely on anything but their antiviruses.-Paul Keith (December 03, 2008, 07:33 AM)
I know heuristics can detect 0-day malware but I doubt they can detect every 0-day malware unlike a HIPS that monitors every changes and lately it seems malware has been improving at a much more rapid rate. It always seems to be a single virus that slips through AV guards especially if you forget to update from one version to another.
At least I have no other explanation for how viruses can still pass quality guards especially with their improved heuristics.-Paul Keith (December 03, 2008, 02:13 AM)
I was using Symantec Corporate Antivirus because I can install it free and legal from my workplace. It was suprisingly good as far as no impact to my computer use. I never felt its presence.
Now I do not use any antivirus, antispyware, or firewall. I am using Returnil and everything runs in a virtual environment. After every reboot I am back to a clean slate. I don't have to worry about viruses or malware. Plus, I can try out new software virtually before committing it to my real hard drive. The only drawback is that I have to turn off protection and reboot if I want to make any lasting changes.-edbro (December 01, 2008, 12:09 PM)
Thanks for posting back, Jim. I'm going to stop worrying about it. I suspect that because I bought the second licence through the same account as I did the first (ie same e-mail address and cc), a second "seat" was enabled on the original key. It's the only explanation that makes sense. I haven't written the developer yet, but will do so and post back if I get a response.-Darwin (November 27, 2008, 03:21 PM)
Archivarius doesn't strain the CPU too much (yes, there'S a lot of HD activity...) but X1 does. And does it in a very irritating way. The textextractor process -- in particular -- is fairly voracious.-Armando (November 27, 2008, 08:06 PM)
Not on my installations (XP Pro and Vista) - X1 is as light as a feather! Archivarius is a jewel, but I need the more advanced previewing capabilities that X1 offers and thus have relegated Archivarius to reserve status. dtSearch is sort of in between the two... very good previewing capabilities and easy on resources. However, it takes the longest of the three to index my drive.
NB Archivarius 4.14 is out and now indexes Acronis True Image files.-Darwin (November 27, 2008, 08:40 PM)
dunno... Have you manually started X1's indexer ? TextExtractor is quiet for the whole time ? whatever is indexed ? Maybe it's indexing files here which are hard to... index/extract ???
But the fact is... it's been quite taxing lately...-Armando (November 27, 2008, 08:45 PM)
