Symantec Hit by Product Activation Glitch

An anonymous reader writes "According to this article, Symantec has hit a snag in their product activation scheme. On a certain machine, the software machine would always ask for the activation when the computer is started or restarted, despite the fact that they have thoroughly tested the scheme." According to the article, Symantec has finally managed to replicate the problem, and those hit by the bug are asked to contact Symantec's support channels. However, there's no mention of a fix yet.

That's Really Interesting...

[Anonymous Coward]

The crack I used works just fine! :)

Re:Glitch?

[Jameth]

Actually, none of the last 10 stories are about Microsoft.

My theory: You're a moron.

A Fix

[Anonymous Coward]

Symantec could always ask the warez community for a 'fix'. *grin*

Right, okay, uhuh, sure.....

[mark-t]

FTA:

"[the senior product engineer] also recommended that customers who encounter the problem not restart their computers."

Uhmm.... this *IS* for Windows,right?

You know... I'd really like to know just how they think a customer's gonna be able to pull that off.

Catch 16h

[MarkusQ]

However, there's no mention of a fix yet.

And when there is a fix it will only be available to users who have properly registered and activated their copy of the program.

-- MarkusQ

My favorite line..

[Ridge]

On Symantec's website under their Norton SystemWorks 2004 Pro feature list it mentions this:

"NEW! Includes product activation procedure to ensure authenticity."

Just what I've always wanted -- huzzah! This by the way makes it to spot 2 on their feature list. Less marketoid bullshit please... Thanks.