Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout
Date	2025-08-06 18:04 +0000
Organization	NOYB
Message-ID	<1070cev.40g.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> (permalink)
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Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-07-18 11:08, Carlos E.R. wrote:
[...]
> > I connected the old laptop to an VGA display.
[...]
> > The machine was actually hibernated, so it restored to the running XFCE 
> > session, where I could find out what episode I was watching of 
> > Montalbano. Wrote it down, and did the final power off sequence.
> > 
> > Farewell.
> > 
> > It is actually the first computer I own that actually fails. I have 
> > older machines still working, like an Amstrad PC 1512 DD.
> 
> I just learnt that you can not remove an ADE (Adobe Digital Editions) 
> registration remotely. You can register or authorize up to 6 devices or 
> computers with ADE, and you need the actual machine running to remove an 
> authorization. If the computer dies, the authorization holds. The only 
> resource is to go to https://www.adobe.com/es/about-adobe/contact.html 
> and ask them to reset ALL your authorizations.
> 
> So I have to power up again this lapptop, connect it to the external 
> display, fire up the Windows side, open up ADE, and press Ctrl + Shift + 
> D and follow the dialogue instructions.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Done, on the next day.

  That's quite bad. For a similar situation, F1 TV (Formula 1)
subscription, I can use it on a maximum of 6 devices at a time. If I
need to 'logout' an unavailable device, I can just use their web
interface to do so. Strange that Adobe doesn't have a similar facility.

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Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-06 14:29 +0200
  Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-08-06 18:04 +0000
    Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-06 20:33 +0200
      Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-06 23:39 +0100
        Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-08-07 00:36 +0000
        Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-07 01:53 +0000
          Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-07 13:53 +0200
        Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout Daniel70 <daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse> - 2025-08-07 20:01 +1000
          Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-07 13:05 +0100

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