[NFBCS] Winzip registration

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks.  Good to know.

I used DiskDrill to undelete my files.  It gave me enough free usage to get the files I hadn't backed up and couldn't easily recreate.  
It appears that such tools are not great with accessibility.  Some parts were OK, but other critical parts were not.  Luckily, I had enough AIRA minutes left this month to get the job done. The Winzip tool was only partly accessible as well.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Paul York via NFBCS
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2021 3:06 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Cc: Paul York; Tracy Carcione
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Winzip registration

WinZip (and apparently those WinZip System Tools products I'd never heard
of before now) are owned by Corel. At one point, this was a major player in
the software world, with CorelDraw and WordPerfect being their flagship
products. Ottawa's hockey team even played at the Corel Center. Now they
are mostly just a conglomeration of purchased software. They own WinZip,
Roxio and Parallels (run Windows on a Mac) among a few other smaller
software brands. Anyway, they are definitely legit. I mean, other than
being Canadian. :D

Cleverbridge is just an ecommerce company. Did you find the link to reach
out to Corel directly? System Utilities Suite - Contact Support
(winzipsystemtools.com)
<https://esupport.winzipsystemtools.com/system-utilities-suite/contact-support/>


On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 2:38 PM Reece O'Bryan via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> You don’t have to be provided technical support. For mini software
> developers, they don’t even have to accommodate our  needs regarding
> accessibility. I don’t understand why you would be calling them a scam when
> you received your money upon asking for it. Did you even try asking them
> for help before the refund?
>
> Thank you,
>
> -Reece O’Bryan
> C: (502)-827-3724
> 1645 Parkway, Sevierville, TN 37862
>
>
>
> > On Oct 22, 2021, at 11:57 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I got Winzip System Utilities to try to fix my file problem.  The maker
> is
> > Cleverbridge.
> >
> > I was unable to register my software, despite having the AIRA agent paste
> > the key I was sent into the proper place on the screen.  I was also
> unable
> > to get any tech support, and felt very suspicious it was a scam, so I
> > uninstalled it and demanded a refund, which I got.
> >
> > Has anyone had any success registering Winzip products?  Is there a
> trick to
> > it?
> >
> > It sounded like useful software, but it was only partly accessible,
> besides
> > the registration problem, and wouldn't do anything without registering
> and
> > forking over a chunk of change.
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
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