I'm new here so if I do or say anything painfully stupid or annoying, don't throw tomatoes. (Well, throw if you must but not in the face, ok?)
Here's the problem:
I installed the trial version of some software on my desktop and when I purchased it and went to install the activation code, the code wouldn't fit. Now before you have me fitted for a custom pointed hat for my obviously pointed head, I know the code is right and I know I'm not doing anything stupid...I successfully installed the same software on my laptop (same code and all).
The first window is supposed to take four characters but it jumps to the second window after three characters. (This didn't happen on install on the laptop.) I've tried everything I can think of (which admittedly isn't much) including changing the screen resolution, changing the size of the system font, uninstalling the trial software and reinstalling it. I've run scans for spyware and viruses and as best I can tell, I'm virus and malware free.
I even thought that it might be a problem with my regional settings as I'd originally bought this PC when I lived in Europe and my regional/global settings were for Portuguese. None of that has made a bit of difference.
I've Googled the bejesus outta this and have used every search term I could think of...but I haven't found a post anywhere that sounded like someone was having this particular problem.
Does this sound familiar and/or (hopefully) easily remedied to anyone here? Answers, clues, nudges in the right direction all welcome. As are bits of chocolate and boxes of money. Keep snickering and finger-pointing to a minimum. If I wanted to be mocked, I'd have kept my job in the sideshow.
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