LiveType and Final Cut Express 4.0

I have used Final Cut Express since the beginning. I updated to 3 then to 4. Now I just recently gotten a new intel iMac. I used the quick and easy method to transfer my old computer onto my new one. When I went to try to use LiveType, it wanted a serial number. I put in my version 3 serial number. It's the only one I have because the first version I got of Final Cut Express was preinstalled on my computer. I don't have any install CD's for the first version. The problem is LiveType will not recognize these numbers. Any suggestions? It doesn't seem possible that they will make me buy a whole new version of Final Cut just to get LiveType to work. HELP!

The bad news is that if you only have Upgrade versions of FCE and do not have an Original Full Retail version there is nothing you can do.
You must have a Full Retail serial number.
If you had it registered, you could contact Apple, but I wouldn't hold out much hope.
Incidentally, there is no +"quick and easy"+ way to transfer FCE. You have to install from the DVD or a .dmg.

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