Firstly the tech stuff… I own a laptop and a desktop computer, both running on Vista x64.

I installed the program on my laptop, but I didn’t realise that I had to right-click and run the patch as an administrator so it didn’t get patched properly the first time.
After that i kept getting the licence activation screen and no matter how many different version and patches i downloaded they wouldn’t work.

Even a portable version that i ‘ve tried, which as you may know doesnt require installations or activations, still was giving me the middle finger.

That made me suspect that whatever value was added into the registry, was in there for good and was affecting every version of the program, portable or not.

I immediately copied the portable version from my laptop to my desktop computer, and it worked with no probs! Up until now i haven’t tried to use the proper installed and patched version on my desktop, cause i am afraid it will spoil everything.

So, after i realised that this program CAN run on Vista x64 with no prob what so ever, I decided to take the big step and format my laptop. I even tried to avoid the fresh format option, by rolling back my laptop’s state to a saved image state, using Acronis Trueimage, hoping that the registry dissorder would get fixed, but no luck..

I finally formated it and finally the program was working, both the installed & patched version and the portable.

I went on to install every other application that i use on my computers, and even altering the initial Vista settings in regedit and msconifg to increase performance, checking if Hypershot was still working after every single new installation of a program or a change in registry values.

Hypershot was still working after i had finished setting up all of my programs and preferences. I even tried restarting and shuting the laptop down a few times just to make sure Hypershot was still working correctly, and it did.

Feeling relieved that I had successfully cracked this baby, i switched off my laptop and unplugged from its socket (i also dont have its battery mounted on it when i am in the house, i only mount it when travelling).

The next time i plugged the laptop in the wall socket and started it up, the program gave me the activation screen once again leaving me with a mouth wide open.

Since I wanted to avoid formating again, (and to be honest, why waste a whole day formatting and setting everything up again if it doesn’t help in the end at all?) I took the 2nd best option which was rolling back to the fresh image state I had created the day I formated and after I was sure everything was working properly and hope for the best.

To my surprise after rolling back to that image, hypershot was working again, even after restarting or shutting down the laptop, but always being plugged into the socket. When I unplugged it, it stopped working once again. So I rolled back once more to make it work again, and it sure did work.

But today, after unplugging it last night and rolling back this morning, it wouldn’t work no matter what…

I dont understand this behaviour, what happens when I unplug it that causes this change?
Is it something in the bios?
Is it a temporary state that every computer stores somewhere, that as long as the user doesn’t unplug it remains un-altered?

I hope all of this info means something to someone and helps solving this mystery.
Cheers!

Can’t download this file… seems it doesn’t belong to a collectors account or a premium account and can’t be downloaded more than 10 times…

thanks!

My friend would also like to know what is needed to get this working in 64bit WinVista. Anyone got any ideas?

Also a Mac version (64bit) would be superb

Cheers All.

It was great that you’d successfully installed in Vista version.
How about Vista Home Premium version? no luck for me.

If you can show me the way, it will be a great help.
ftg305523@gmail.com

Thanks mate

Dual nVidia G8600 GT Cards.

Copied patch to main folder, ran it as User (Not Admin – ‘cos I forgot!). I don’t get any popup reminders, nags or any weirdness. Materials work fine, All parts work fine as far as I can tell.

I’ve loaded many sketchup and obj files into it and it has zero problems.

Again, it’s a fantastic piece of software – I just wish I could justify buying it.

Has anyone seen the Mac version around yet?

You have to check your LAN hardware…see if it’s turned off. Mine was turned off and when I turned it on…VIOLA…it worked.

trying to install the 32 bit hypershot on a 64 bit windows 7 (or vista) seems to be a failure. guess we’ll have to wait for the 64 bit hypershot 1.9.

I only got this message when I disabled my ethernet port on purpose.

Once I re-enabled the Ethernet port, I got the “standard” Activation window with the Buy Now, Try Now and Activate options.

The program didn’t seem to care that I still had a working Wi-fi connection what was already on the Internet.

Hopefully some wizard out there can figure out how all this is connected to the activation window problem soon!

How is your DSL modem connected to your computer, btw?

I have the same problem (activation screen appears after patching and copying license file), and I followed those instructions to the letter..

I think most of the others are facing the same problem.

I’m on Vista 32 bit SP2, if it helps.

My laptop has both Ethernet and Wifi-N connections, I tried disabling just the Ethernet port and reinstalling the program, but a window appeared saying I need a card with Internet connection to activate.

So I’m not sure if this activation issue is somehow tied in with the network ports?