I had a similar experience - I had a version of GR LE installed prior to the DF purchase. When I installed the DF GR3, it kept telling me that the LE version was active.
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Whenever I activated it, it looked like things were working fine, but in the end, I didn't have the DF version, just the LE version. (Like yours keeps telling you the demo version is active.) To fix, I needed to: - go into GR & 'Launch Service Center' (menu entry under Help) - click the 'Overview' tab, you will see a list of products - click on the 'show details' link for your product - at this point, I believe I saw the old serial #, not my new DF serial # (can't reproduce exact same circumstance) - there was an 'Upgrade' link, press that & enter the DF serial # If the above doesn't work, a support request with NI should sort this out. Hope this helps, Shawn.
I am experiencing the activiation code loop that others have reported, but I have not seen a resolution. My GR3 activiation worked perfrectly on my old Vista laptop everything was great. Bought a new Windws 7 64 bit laptop without a firewire port. Bought a firewire express card. RIP works fine, but everytime I start GR3 it prompts me to Demo, Buy or Activate because it says my hardware has changed.
Activiation works every time but I get the same prompt every time I start GR3. Called Native Instruments, and the guy I spoke with punted stating that GR3 was not tested to run on Windows 7 64 bit with the express bus card configuration. Anyone know how to solve this problem? Thanks, 6StringPlayer. Get a MacBook Pro with a firewire port? Another option may be to try upgrading to GR4.
NI normally have top notch support, there may not be a fix coming for your configuration with GR3. If it was me I would dual boot a MacBook Pro with Windows and OSX and Keep the OSX partition for audio software. The new Macbook Pro's will boot 64 bit and with 8GB ram and the Flash drive option are seriously fast. You can then use the normal drive for work space and have a reliable productive setup that just works.
If the single firewire port is an issue NitroAV have a 7 port FW800 switch that allows 400 and 800 devices to work at full speed, certainly has made my setup a lot easier. I know many people that have spent days wrestling with Vista Laptops and Audio applications, not all the problems are solvable and what works on one may not work on another. Hope it goes well for you.