New Macrium Reflect Updates [2]

cereberus said:

You probably use one feature (Rapid Delta Restore) without realising it.

A year or so back that feature was inadvertent enabled in Free for one build, so I saw just how much of a speed difference it can make for a restore. It was 'fixed' in the next build, so when the black Friday offer came along I bought a 4-pack just to get it back again.

Reason I asked is I have 5 licences (original and 4 bought in half price sale (which are already half price), and was willing to donate one to my "Favourite Southern Belle" if you did not have it .

That's very generous of you, and I'm sure Wynona can be trusted. Anyone contemplating giving away or selling an unused licence to a stranger needs to be aware that each licence key is linked to the original purchaser's personal details on Macrium's licensing servers, when the key is installed your true name will appear on the 'Licensed to:' line in the 'About Macrium Reflect...' info.

OldMike65 said:

I would like to know how a person could check this out....I won 4 licenses long time ago, never bought them. I gave 3 away to close friends on here. I don't think there is anyway to check this on my end.

open the licensed Macrium that you kept for yourself and look at Help > About Macrium Reflect.... Whatever appears as 'Licensed to:' on your machine will also be seen on your friends' Macrium. As I bought mine it shows my real name, the one I gave when purchasing it.

OldMike65 said:

....how do you know it shows up on the other persons license....

When you install a licence key Macrium checks on their activation server that this key is not already in use, and if not it activates and downloads the 'licensed to' name from the activation servers. For a 4-pack of licences all four will share the same licensed owner information.

...Plus I DID NOT purchase those licenses.

That's why I said 'whatever it shows there'. Mine has my true name as I had to use that in order for the card payment to go through. I can imagine that yours may be licensed to 'the lucky winner' or something similarly generic. My point is that all four keys in a 4-pack would be licensed to the same name.

OldMike65 said:

I still have one unused license left.

If that is the license you won and it hasn't been installed, then I can see how it would be difficult to find out the name it is licensed to.

Do you still have the email that delivered your license pack? The registration info should be included the email, it certainly was for my puchased 4-pack

Code:

Order Ref:      nnnnnnnnn 
Name:           ******* *****************
Company:    
    
Thank you for purchasing Macrium Reflect Macrium Reflect 7 Home 4 Pack.
Your License code(s) are attached to this email