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[andante@xxxxxxxxxxx (Aaron Sze)]

I have one more problem.  The Zip code is a mandatory field but there
is not such thing in my country.  So, I just put in N.A.  But when I
tried to submit the online registration, the validation program said
the field is invalid!  So, what can I do?

Aaron.

On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 18:31:36 PDT, you wrote:

>Hello,
>
>got SuSE 6.2 with SO 5.1.
>
>thanks to all the people who wrote back and said:
>
>Just go online and register.
>
>Well it is not that easy.
>
>First of all I am behind a firewall and masquerade and I don't know if that 
>effects it. Second of all I never planned on using SO for net purposes. 
>Third of all I got no printer set up for this machine.
>
>Here is all the possibilities I tried to register and NONE worked.
>
>1. When starting SO it asks if I want to register. I say yes and it asks off 
>online registration. I say yes and it lists my data. Asks to submit and I do 
>and NOTHING happens.
>
>2. I go to SUN.com and go to their download page and fill stuff out but all 
>this does is give me the possibility to download a version which already is 
>registered.
>
>3. I go to stardivision.de and they got a registration page but it asks for 
>Prueffschluessel. Apparently this is the reg code I need. So why would I 
>supply it to them if I am the one who needs one? DUH
>
>4. I go to sun.com and go to register page only and there it says if I got a 
>media key(which came with suse 6.2) then go to news group blah blah. Damn I 
>hate news groups. What will they tell me? All I want is a working reg key. 
>Goddarnit.
>
>5. Going into SO it says I can print a reg form. Hey remember this machine 
>can't print. Furthermore SO tells me to mail it in. Hmmmmm oddly enough they 
>forgot to spell out the address.
>
>6. The help in SO says: Easiest way to register is to email. Oddly enough 
>they forgot to put the email address right next to it how to contact them.
>
>Now I don't want anybody to think REGISTERING ONLINE is easy.
>
>And now I am lost and got no clue.
>
>I got two questions.
>
>-->Can anybody tell me in detail how to get a reg code and customer number? 
>My brain is fried so please be specific.
>
>Will we end up like in Windows world soon where we need 
>altavista.staroffice.sk so we get to the reg keys we need?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marcel
>
>
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