Streets and Trips 2009 licensing initialization error

My purchased version of S&T 2009 has been working great for 2 months on my car PC with both 2006 and 2009 versions running. Now all of the sudden I have the initialization error on 2009. I really don't have the time to sit in the car on my cell phone talking to Microsoft, and even if I did there is no way for them to send me the file to the car. If the ZIP file really is time sensitive maybe I can talk them into sending it to my home computer?

Hi ducky55,
Yes, the ZIP file that Microsof use to reset initialization error is time sensitive. It work only for one week.

Thanks Fluor, hopefully I can talk them into sending it to me.

I'm just curious as to why this is a time-sensitive download. I had to have them e-mail me the patch to fix this same error (and it worked, thankfully). I was able to extract it and it doesn't look like the executable itself is time-restricted, just the self extracting archive itself. I'm hesitant about just throwing it out there for everyone to grab though, which is why I'm asking here first since it sounds like there are some Microsoft people around.

Hi maik,

to Laptop GPS World.

Thanks for asking. In my humble opinion, if MSFT wanted the file to be available for public download, they would have certainly made it available. But they didn't. And we (Laptop GPS World) have no right to distribute the file.

Hi ducky55,

Sorry for any inconvenience caused as a result of encountering this issue. I'm glad you were able to get it successfully resolved using the tool provided by Microsoft.

For the record: the exe is good for 1 week.

Upload some pics of your Car PC set up. I know I would not be the only one interested in seeing them.