Daniel Pitts wrote:
> Ramon F Herrera wrote:
>> I was very happy with Turbo JBuilder when I made a bad mistake: I
>> downloaded the JBuilder Enterprise trial to check it out.
>>
>> The first sign of trouble was that the About dialog in both versions
>> showed "JBuilder Enterprise 2007". When the trial period ended, I
>> uninstalled the Enterprise version, removed its folder and reinstalled
>> Turbo JBuilder several times. The Turbo version has an identity crisis
>> as it believes to be the Enterprise version.
>>
>> Apparently, CodeGear saves some information in the Windows registry,
>> and that information stays there even after the software has been
>> removed.
>>
>> So, if you want to try the Enterprise version, you better be ready to
>> purchase it, as the penalty is that you have to forget about using the
>> free Turbo version.
>>
>> I would expect this viral behavior from unemployed hackers, but not
>> from a company of Borland's heritage and stature among the developer
>> community.
>>
>> -Ramon
>>
> I would suspect this is a bug, and not intentional. I would send a bug
> re****t to the appropriate location if I were you.
Perhaps RegAlyzer from
<http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html>
or their Spybot - Search & Destroy product will help you clean out the
registry.
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Lew
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