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Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:20 am
by Bob Coleman
While I generally prefer forum based support, it might be better to email Terabyte support directly if you want something badly in a hurry.
It might also not be fair to post on a weekend and expect a response within 24 hours.
Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:43 am
by Brian K
zfactor,
I'm going to do something similar with a fresh install of Win8.
Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:07 am
by Brian K
zfactor, I get the same result as you. It looks like the serial is still present after the uninstall.
Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:18 am
by mjnelson99
Did you clean out the registry as well or just do a normal
uninstall?
I know when I do a restore on Thunderbird even after looking
for every Comcast link I could find, the restored file still
came in with Comcast. It could be hiding in one of the files
that have only alpha/numeric names so a search does not find it.
Mary
On 1/14/2013 8:07 PM, Brian K wrote:
> zfactor, I get the same result as you. It looks like the serial is still present after the uninstall.
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Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:09 am
by zfactor
of course the registry was cleaned if you read the whole thread i have 26 years + experience im not a newbie to this stuff. im currently investigating this myself. im working on it now. if i figure it out before anyone responds ill get with you on the other forum brian. thanks for confirming what i see.
Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:35 am
by TeraByte Support
Run imagew.exe from the command line....
IMAGEW.EXE REGISTER
will allow you to enter a new name/key.
IMAGEW.EXE FeK_93584
will invalidate the key that is currently installed. Note that the key will
never work again on the computer, so don't do it as a test, do it only when
you are invalidating it on that computer, you'll need to purchase a new key
for that given system if you use that special parameter.
"zfactor" wrote in message news:
[email protected]...
what i mean is not how we uninstall it... but i am giving my older desktop
to a friend and it currently has my ifw installed. i went ahead and removed
ifw but now i see if someone re-installs it they will be using my lic key
since it does not ask for a new key if it gets reinstalled. i want to
uninstall and REMOVE my lic key from this system. i dont want someone to
just go ahead and reinstall the program since they know i use it and be able
to have use of my lic key. i really think that when a uninstall is done it
should also remove the lic key.
so can someone from terabyte please contact me and help me to remove my lic
key from this system since i really dont want to reinstall windows before
giving it to him and i also dont want someone to have the key i paid for. i
will be much more cautious of what system i install it on in the future if
there is no easy way to remove the lic key or what if i had wanted to change
the lic key to a different one? i actually own 3 separate keys to ifw???
someone please get back to me as to how to do this. there has to be some way
to fully remove it???
thank you
Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:47 am
by Brian K
Thanks. So simple when you know how.
Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:23 pm
by DrTeeth
To get the quickest response from TBU, email them.
DrT
Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:52 pm
by mjnelson99
And preferably not on a weekend although I have seen answers
come even then.
Mary
On 1/15/2013 10:23 AM, DrTeeth wrote:
> To get the quickest response from TBU, email them.
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> DrT
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Re: how do we FULLY remove ifw? leaves lic key behind
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:05 pm
by DrTeeth
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:52:11 PST, just as I was about to take a herb,
mjnelson99 disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>And preferably not on a weekend although I have seen answers
>come even then.
Me too. Email support is so fast it's like IM.
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Cheers
DrT
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