I have FH V4.02 running fine on Linux (Mandriva 2010) under Wine and so far everything I need works perfectly. It was installed from a download and activated OK with my name and key just fine. My problem comes with trying the latest pre-release upgrade which starts, asks for my name and key but then just ends. I am wondering if anyone else has tried this under Linux? My XP install upgraded just fine. I am trying to ditch XP and move to Linux full time. I dont really want to run VirtualBox under Linux as that still requires a full XP license. I was wondering if there is something it is looking for in the registry (which does exist in Wine). I know this is probably not supported but would be good if I could upgrade. I hope the full install will work OK when it comes out. Anyone have any ideas?
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I suspect it's trying to write the key to the the registry, but the internals of the security program are pretty complex.
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Hmm.... if true it should work especially if it uses the same process as the original V4 install which worked.
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