My MPEG-4 option will not activiate, why? :(

AllyBii wrote on 2/18/2010, 10:03 PM

I have Magix Movie Edit Pro 14 Plus, which means that MPEG-4 comes with the program you just have to register it (I just learned that recently) so I went to the website and got my activation code for free, they emailed it to me, I enter it into the key spot in Magix where I'm supposed to, the program accepts the code and starts to activate it but then 20 seconds in, a little window pops up and says this:
"Activation unsuccuessful. If you are using the program as a guest, please repeat the activation procedure with administrator rights."
I'm not logged in as a guest... there's not even a place in Magix to log in at all but I obviously have a log in username so I'm at a loss of what to do... please help?

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deltaecho5 wrote on 2/20/2010, 9:49 AM

I had this experience as well. Apparently the system will not activate the codec unless your firewall is off. I turned off the firewall, allowed the proccess, and then turned my firewall back on. Worked.

Securityman wrote on 2/28/2010, 6:30 PM

If when you load the program (Mep 14) Right click on the icon and choose "Run as" Then change to adminitrator . This may work. You should only have to do this once to activate the codec.

AllyBii wrote on 3/1/2010, 5:48 PM

Thanks securityman! That worked :) I didn't even think about trying that before. :D

Securityman wrote on 3/21/2010, 1:18 PM

You are welcome AllyBii. Love the "Puppy" videos on You Tube.