Martin_CFC Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 This is working now for anyone needing to use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Martin beat me to it - by at least an hour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 just 2 say still not working for me unable to look up devices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever FFS Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Not working here either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin12 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 still unable to look up devices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 this is really annoying as i need to check if i unistalled correctly on a laptop that i restored Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Nope looks like its still not working. Will PM Muzchap and see If he can work some magic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I tried it again this morning and it tok an age saying please wait then said unable to look up devices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkim Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've just tried it, and it works for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 i will try again wish me luck lol Wooo Now works As i say that it now says unable to deactivate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Its just worked for me, very slow and it doesnt actually say which computer is which. You have to know which date you activated on which machine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt ex SEGA Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've given Murray a heads up once again to try and look into this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 ok matt thanks for your help hope this can be sorted soon thanks for doing your best and keep up the good work at Si Towers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeBeeDY Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ok it's working for me now. But there is a problem: i still can play with the deactivated computer (the game still says it's activated?!?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Blanked out the code but still i need to deactivate the ticked one ! BTW does it matter that the computer i am attmpting to de activate has been rostored due to system error and is not active anymore ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 is there ani news on when this will start working ? Si? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 ????????????? I need this to work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Girondins Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Works for some not others? Weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkim Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'm having the same problem as joshmay07. It lists the activated computers but it does not allow me to deactivate them, the error message is the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 its bleedin annoying lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayofhell Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Unable to deactivate. plz help~~~ I really need deactive one seat... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuryBlade Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 This worked for me just now- took it a while to load but gave me a list after about 3 minutes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayofhell Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 This worked for me just now- took it a while to load but gave me a list after about 3 minutes could you deactive any seats? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 obvo no answer that helps i just get unable to lookup devices now Si please help and just wen i thut DRM issues where sorted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkwan Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 after deactivation the game using the url, the game on my pc can still run...with the activation status as activated... any suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I know that Muzcap is looking at this again but I havent head as to if its been fixed or not. Im sure he will update us as soon as its fixed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt ex SEGA Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 SHould be up and running imminently, if not already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeBeeDY Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 after deactivation the game using the url, the game on my pc can still run...with the activation status as activated... any suggestions? i got the same problem. So after deactivation i free-up a license seat or not ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkim Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 It should be that way, yes. You deactivate a seat which means you get a seat back. However it's still not working. Notice that you get a little "Unable to deactivate" message at the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 stil unable 2 deactivate :@ does it matter tht the computer i want to deactivate has been wiped due to system failure ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkim Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 No it doesn't, that's one of the advantages of the system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 well how come i cant deactivate then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkim Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 You're not the only one, mate. I'm having this issue just like the rest. It's not working properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt ex SEGA Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Apologies, that's my fault. Apparently it's being looked at now, not up and running now. I'm sorry. More info when available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadGamer Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Works for me, came up straight away Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Works for me, came up straight away No Good saying that could you de-Activate any seats thats where the problem lies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veg Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 This might be a stupid question, but I'm not to smart when it comes to computers. I have to deactivate one of my seats, because I have to do a recovery of my harddrive. In the message at the deactive url it says the following: "By deactivating a computer you will free up a license seat for Football Manager 2009. Freeing a license seat allows you to use your license key on a different/additional computer. However, the computers you deactivate will no longer be able to play Football Manager 2009." Does this mean that I can't activate FM on the very same computer when I have recovered my harddrive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 No I wouldnt have thought so because there is nothing to stop you deactivating on that machine and then installing it on there again later on. I cant see this being a problem at all tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Wakeford Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 This might be a stupid question, but I'm not to smart when it comes to computers. I have to deactivate one of my seats, because I have to do a recovery of my harddrive. In the message at the deactive url it says the following: "By deactivating a computer you will free up a license seat for Football Manager 2009. Freeing a license seat allows you to use your license key on a different/additional computer. However, the computers you deactivate will no longer be able to play Football Manager 2009." Does this mean that I can't activate FM on the very same computer when I have recovered my harddrive? No, it means you can't play the game until it has been reactivated. You can uninstall/reinstall on the same machine as many times as you like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Highwind Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hey, according to this I've deactivated it, but when I start the game up through steam it still says that my game is activated, I had to deactivate it because my PC went boom but anyone know if it just takes a while to deactivate properly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rams_ Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Minor request, but could the dates be in English instead of American? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 haha lol id rather hear about it being fixed tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 just worked straight away for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamselv Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hey, according to this I've deactivated it, but when I start the game up through steam it still says that my game is activated, I had to deactivate it because my PC went boom but anyone know if it just takes a while to deactivate properly? How would your installed copy find out that it has been deactivated? We've been told that the DRM only connects to the license-servers during activation, so it's impossible for an already activated install to stop working, if it's deactivated from a different computer. Some (like me) sees this as a major oversight in the way the DRM works, which makes it more or less pointless (so many people would be able to play the game with a single key, by continuously freeing up seats by remotely deactivating already activated installs). Others believe that there actually is some brilliant way for an activated install to realize that is has been deactivated. Unfortunately there's a certain NDA (non-disclosure agreement) between SEGA and Uniloc, which prevents us from learning the details. I do understand the need for the NDA though, because the only way of achieving what the DRM claims to do, would most likely involve contacting another dimension where the regular rules for how the internet works don't apply. I would want to keep such a technology secret as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMX Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 How would your installed copy find out that it has been deactivated? We've been told that the DRM only connects to the license-servers during activation, so it's impossible for an already activated install to stop working, if it's deactivated from a different computer.Some (like me) sees this as a major oversight in the way the DRM works, which makes it more or less pointless (so many people would be able to play the game with a single key, by continuously freeing up seats by remotely deactivating already activated installs). I've been asking that question ever since the DRM was announced, and I NEVER got a clear answer. You can try opening a new thread in the general forum, or posting in an existing one, insisting on it over and over again. But no matter what you do, you'll be misteriously ignored or even accused by other users of repeating yourself, even if you never got the answer. So you can give up on it. It's clear that either the game calls home on startup (which breaks the 'rule' given to us about the game not contacting the DRM servers) or you can play the game on as many computers as you'd like by continuosly installing + deactivating copies (which would make the whole '5 seat' system pointless). Either way, they're not going to tell us. When I realized the Deactivation URL didn't work, I was ironically thinking "Well... the weird thing would be that it actually worked somehow", thinking something along the lines of your paralell-dimension theory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamselv Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I've been asking that question ever since the DRM was announced, and I NEVER got a clear answer. You can try opening a new thread in the general forum, or posting in an existing one, insisting on it over and over again. But no matter what you do, you'll be misteriously ignored or even accused by other users of repeating yourself, even if you never got the answer. I know, and I remember seeing you ask it before. If you look at the good old Will the DRM on FM 09 stop you from buying the game? thread then you'll see that I've been chasing the answer for a long time too. Besides being ignored and called repetitive, you should also be prepared for being called a tinfoil hat wearer by official SEGA representatives. Customer care is really great at the moment When I realized the Deactivation URL didn't work, I was ironically thinking "Well... the weird thing would be that it actually worked somehow", thinking something along the lines of your paralell-dimension theory That's why I find this thread so interesting too – since we can't get an official answer, we can always observe other people's experience and use that to figure out the answer. I'm not completely sure about the parallel-dimension theory, but it actually seems like the most likely explanation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Highwind Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 How would your installed copy find out that it has been deactivated? We've been told that the DRM only connects to the license-servers during activation, so it's impossible for an already activated install to stop working, if it's deactivated from a different computer.Some (like me) sees this as a major oversight in the way the DRM works, which makes it more or less pointless (so many people would be able to play the game with a single key, by continuously freeing up seats by remotely deactivating already activated installs). Others believe that there actually is some brilliant way for an activated install to realize that is has been deactivated. Unfortunately there's a certain NDA (non-disclosure agreement) between SEGA and Uniloc, which prevents us from learning the details. I do understand the need for the NDA though, because the only way of achieving what the DRM claims to do, would most likely involve contacting another dimension where the regular rules for how the internet works don't apply. I would want to keep such a technology secret as well Well when I reinstalled steam I reinstalled FM09, it let me do that no problem, but it asks for the key when you go to play ._. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Any News If its fixed ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever FFS Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 When checking my activations the web site informs me that no games have been activated with the serial number I have! Does anything involved with this DRM fiasco actually work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmay07 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 When checking my activations the web site informs me that no games have been activated with the serial number I have!Does anything involved with this DRM fiasco actually work? Apart from the part where everyone has hell and it causes alot of problems then occasionaly activates the game i think the answer to your question is ummm no not really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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