Hi, Last year I purchased 2 copies of Filemaker 7 from eBay. They only cam in paper CD slips with their serial numbers printed on a label.

I put the CD's into plastic cases and wrote down both of the numbers onto the case. I think I might have used the paper slips for something else but I no longer have them. Problem is, I needed to reinstall Filemaker onto 2 machines to network (thats why I have 2 copies). Turns out I left a digit out of the first block of 4 characters of the serial number. I tried the other serial number which was complete and it worked, but it conflicted with the installation on the other computer. The serial number I wrote down was:

3296-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

As you can see, the "3296" bit needs to have 5 characters instead of four.

Does anybody know what might be missing OR have an alternative serial I can use. It is a legitimate copy, I have a receipt and an original printed CD.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Nickuss.

Edited January 23, 200620 yr by Guest
Removal of actual serial number from posting.

Did you registered them with FileMaker, do they have you in their records? Can't they help you figure this out?

BTW, I wouldn't be too sure that it is a legitimate copy. A client of mine bought a copy like that off of EBAY last year, registered it with FileMaker, and discovered it was pirated copy when they went to upgrade it to version 8.

It seems that FileMaker is not set up to catch Pirated copies when they are registered.

Lee

Thanks Lee for the quick reply. No I didnt register it with FileMaker.

It looks like a legit copy, at least doesn't look like a backyard pirate job at all if it is pirate.

Anyway of getting an alternative serial number?

Contact FileMaker directly about serial number issues. Certainly serial numbers should not be posted here.

Edited January 23, 200620 yr by Guest

I have removed the serial number from that posting for security purposes.

-Stanley

Sorry about posting the number. Thought it didnt matter cause it was damaged anyway. Thanks for the help though.