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Newbie - 13 Dec 2004 06:29 GMT

I recently purchased a copy of mathematica from someone who gave me a
"license numebr" and a "math-id number", saying this is what is needed
to make the software work. I have at times bought used/old software
from people who didn't need it for whatever reason and, possibly
luckily, never had problems.

When I tried to install mathematica, filling the license # I had, it
gave me a different math-id number than what I had. Moreover, it
wouldn't let me change it! I also notice that a passwd was needed,
something the seller had not mentioned. When I clicked to register
anyway, it said "license number" was not valid.

Frankly I don't know what is going on and what I should do. Could
someone decipher the situation for me? Thanks.

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José Carlos Santos - 13 Dec 2004 11:03 GMT

> Frankly I don't know what is going on and what I should do. Could
> someone decipher the situation for me? Thanks.

Why are you posting this question at the sci.physics.particle and
sci.math newsgroups? Try the comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica newsgroup
instead.

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos

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AKT - 13 Dec 2004 16:02 GMT

: Why are you posting this question at the sci.physics.particle and
: sci.math newsgroups? Try the comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
: newsgroup instead.

Maybe OP didn't know about the mathematica ng. However, his
choice of physics and math groups was reasonable; that's where
one would expect to find many mathematica users.

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José Carlos Santos - 13 Dec 2004 16:50 GMT

> : Why are you posting this question at the sci.physics.particle and
> : sci.math newsgroups? Try the comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> choice of physics and math groups was reasonable; that's where
> one would expect to find many mathematica users.

Then sci.physics would be more reasonable than sci.physics.particle.

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos

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AKT - 13 Dec 2004 18:36 GMT

: > Maybe OP didn't know about the mathematica ng. However, his
: > choice of physics and math groups was reasonable; that's where
: > one would expect to find many mathematica users.
:
: Then sci.physics would be more reasonable than sci.physics.particle.

Why, sci.physics is primarily about politics, elections, racism,
holocaust, Islam, terrorism, UFO's, underground railroad, etc? :-)

I see no reason to believe that one is less likely to find mathematica
users in s.p.p than in s.p . Maybe OP is a regular visitor to s.p.p;
given several reasonable options I would tilt in favor of the groups I
read regularly anyway.

I am sure you'd have chosen differently. So would I (I would have added
sci.math.symbolic). But OP made reasonable choices.

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