Logic Pro suddenly wants my activation code - weird

Question

Recently when launching Logic Pro, I was surprised to receive the following message: "Welcome to Logic Pro 7. Please enter your activation code. Activation code___. The code can be found on the cover of the "Install Your Software" guide included in your upgrade package...."
I'm running Logic Pro 7.1.1 on an old Mac G4 Dual 1.25, same Mac I've had for at least three or four years, and I've had Logic Pro 7 running on it since it first came out (along with Logic 6 and earlier versions before that). Never saw this message before. Haven't changed anything other than upgrading Pro 7 via software update as updates came out, and the last update for 7.1 was a while ago. I looked through all my Logic documentation, and I couldn't find an Activation Code anywhere; though of course, my Logic USB XS Key dongle has a serial number. Sometimes I'll forget and start Logic without the dongle connected, and it will alert me with "XSKey not found!" and I'll insert it. But in this case, the dongle was inserted but Logic didn't seem to care -- it still wanted an activation number. I finally just rebooted my G4 and this time Logic did start with no request for an activation code -- and it's worked the last few times I've started it up. But I'm concerned that it might not work, again, when I'm about to begin an important recording session. Does this experience suggest my XSKey might have a problem? Has anybody else experienced this?

Answer 1

I just had this happen to me too. I searched for an activation code in my papers, couldnt find anything, entered some serial numbers, that didnt help. I then pressed the Quit button, unplugged the XSKey, plugged it back in, launched Logic and it worked just fine.
No idea, just weirdness.