Warning for all users: X7 and X9 all of a sudden illegal

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Zantara
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Warning for all users: X7 and X9 all of a sudden illegal

Post by Zantara »

I have PSP from X7 upwards installed on my pc.
I use most of them regurlarly.
Yesterday I shut down X7 and got this message
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It is in Dutch, but it says:

You are using an illegal version
This software works under an invalid license. It is being switched to viewer-only mode. The Save, export- and print functions are going to be permanently disabled.

Make use of our amnestyprogram to buy an authorised version.

Save 60%
€ 89,99
€ 34,99

Keep in mind that Corel is taking piracy very seriously and will prosecute anyone who copies or sells our products illegally.

If you bought this software from Corel or a recognised reseller, then this message has been incorrectly displayed. Contact Corel Support immediately and keep your serial number and proof of purchase ready.

Off course I have proof of purchase from all versions from X2.

This is how they treat loyal costumers.

Talking about aggressive sales techniques.

I have contacted Corel support and received the reply that they no longer support older versions.
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Re: Warning for all users: X7 and X9 all of a sudden illegal

Post by ehume »

I'm in the USA. I just now tried PSPx4 and PSPx6-x9. All worked.

Considering that your warning is from today, and you tried to open the older PSPs 2019-08-02, I suspect this glitch occurred because PSP 2020 was released 2019-08-01.
Had PS3, PSP3; Installed: PSP-4.12, 5.03, 6.02, 7.04 (liked it a lot & used it for years), 8.00, XI, x4.3.0.3, x6.2.0.20, x7.4.0.11, x8.3.0.13, x9.2.0.7; now using PSPx10 (PSP 2018; version 20.2.0.1 x64) on Win 10-64 b2004.
Zantara
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Re: Warning for all users: X7 and X9 all of a sudden illegal

Post by Zantara »

Still. A bit on the aggressive side, if you ask me.
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