"Graham." wrote in message
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I recall that an early "evaluation" copy of Syntrillium was distributed
on computer magazine cover-disks. It had all of the features of
the licenced product, but you had to choose which features you
wanted active each time you started the programme.
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I suspect you are talking about Cool Edit 2000, not Cool Edit Pro here. The
"evaluation" copy is in fact the real thing, it just needs registration to
make it work properly. Installing CE2k is a two-part process, first install
the "evaluation" program, then install the "unlock" program, which requires
a licence number. Occasionally on launching CE2k the "unlock" program fails
to run correctly and so it starts up in "evaluation" mode with the "choose
the features you want to use" screen, I just close it and re-open it which
cures the problem. There are other limitations to using it in evaluation
mode apart from the restriction on features, one is an increasingly
desperate nag window, the other is a restriction on saving files.

David.