Vegas 7.0 demo...

CVM wrote on 11/14/2006, 12:48 PM
I messed up. Hastily, I downloaded and installed the demo version of V7 a couple months ago. I ignorantly deleted it the same day as I could not find any perceptable difference (important to me) between verions 6 and 7.

Now that I've read SO MUCH from this forum on V7, I wanted to play around with it again... going deeper in the program. I downloaded the program again... and you guessed it... the first install put a cookie or something on my computer and won't let me play for the promised 30 days (technically, according to the computer, I have). I imagine Sony did this so no one would reinstall every 30 days and not pay for the program (although I can't imagine anyone serious about videography doing this).

Does any one know a way around this? How about you, Sony? Aside from changing my date/clock in my BIOS (which I don't want to do and not sure it would even work), how can I get 30 days to play?

Thanks, all.

Comments

Former user wrote on 11/14/2006, 12:49 PM
Are you getting an error message?

Dave T2
CVM wrote on 11/14/2006, 12:52 PM
The message I get is something like: "You've exceeded the 30 day trial. Click here to purchase the program."
McVid wrote on 11/14/2006, 1:51 PM
Do you have a laptop you could install another demo on?
CVM wrote on 11/14/2006, 4:50 PM
Nope.... just my monster production computer (I'm very proud of it, can you tell?) :-)

Hopefully, someone knows a legal way around this... anyone?
jrazz wrote on 11/14/2006, 4:55 PM
You can attempt to clean your registry (if you don't know what you are doing it could cause windows not to boot) of all traces of Vegas.

Less destructive: Try setting a restore point and then going back before the initial Vegas 7 install and restoring there. After you get done testing, take your computer back up to the restore point you made before you went back (is that confusing?).

j razz
McVid wrote on 11/14/2006, 5:46 PM
Or, you could find an old DeLorean and set the time to May, '06...
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 11/14/2006, 7:00 PM
you could just d-load the warezed version online, and then uninstall that when you want to either get rid of it or buy the software.

Dave
CVM wrote on 11/14/2006, 7:08 PM
Interesting concept, warezed. Never heard of it! Anybody into that? What's the deal? How can you get software without going through noramal channels (legally, I mean).
jrazz wrote on 11/14/2006, 7:53 PM
How can you get software without going through noramal channels (legally, I mean).

You can't.

When you go outside of normal channels you are risking downloading software that has been patched with extra code that could be spliced with a virus or a tracker or spyware etc. If you choose the path of the darkside, you do so at your own risk. Flee the darkside! :)

j razz
Jim H wrote on 11/14/2006, 10:35 PM
Use the force Luke... the force of your fingers pulling your wallet out and buying this update. It's O'tay!
MH_Stevens wrote on 11/14/2006, 10:58 PM
I do not think any of the above mention fixes like restore or registry clean work without specialist knowledge. The only way I know (and it is a pain and better to just pay for the upgrade) is to back-up all your data and then format your drive and reinstall all your programs. This will give you a nice clean-machine into the bargain. If you try this, DO make a disk image as well as just backing up data.

Also,if you have a spare HDD on your machine you could make this into a bootable drive and install the trial there.
TeetimeNC wrote on 11/15/2006, 4:22 AM
Give Sony Media Software a call - they are reasonable folks and may be able to help you get another 30 days out of the trial.

Jerry
MH_Stevens wrote on 11/15/2006, 9:42 AM
I don't think so because the only way they could do that would be to tell how to bust their demo time limit protection.
CVM wrote on 11/15/2006, 10:11 AM
A good idea, MHStevens... I do have an external HDD. Perhaps I boot and run it there.

Thanks to all for the comments!