EMWHi,
We've just integrated the new API versions for both TurboActivate and TurboFloat.
But as you added a feature that network adapters MUST be enabled in order to continue license checking properly, we find that it's not really good idea to prompt for the user and force him to enable the adapters, as he can have a hardware problem problem for example in one of them and so he can't use the software.
Could you please give a workaround for such situation.
Best Regards,
On newer versions of Windows (Windows 8 and newer) TurboActivate and TurboFloat can read the network adapters without them being enabled.
On older versions of Windows (7 and older) TA / TF need the network adapters enabled to read them, then it remembers them for a period of time (so the customer can go back to disabling the adapters if that's what they choose to do).
In no case does TA / TF require the network adapters to *always* be enabled.
EMWThanks for your response.
OK, so my part of question now for the Win 7 specially, and for older OSs, just I'm asking when the first time users try the software with the latest LimeLM version, and I know that not always will be prompting for this if user has the possibility to enable the network adapters and that are saved by LimeLm, but in the other case, like I said, if he failed to enable the adapters in any cause, is there a workaround please.
Well, the workaround for customers on old versions of Windows is any one of the following:
1. Always enable the network adapters and use a more secure & reliable method to disable internet access: https://wyday.com/limelm/help/faq/#remembers-adapters
2. Run your app (and thus TurboActivate) as admin and it will temporarily enable, read, and then disable the network adapter (if any of them were disabled). You could always show a prompt when you get the EnableNetworkAdapters exception or TA_E_ENABLE_NETWORK_ADAPTERS, and add a button that "re-runs" your app as admin (and thus "magically" fixes the problem).
3. Show a prompt of some sort to the customer to explain how to enable the network adapters and launch the control panel to do that (code sample here: https://wyday.com/limelm/help/faq/#disabled-adapters )
4. Have the customer upgrade to Windows 10, which is still available for free (and then they can disable network adapters to their heart's content): http://www.howtogeek.com/265409/you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free-from-microsofts-accessibility-site/
