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JulesB

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Pigments won't activate and goes crazy
« on: December 18, 2018, 05:56:32 pm »
Hi,
I've installed Pigments via the Artuira Software Center but it won't activate. I press the Activate button, it waits a few minutes then comes back with server took too long to respond error. This happening to me since the software launch day.

Then in Windows Task Manager, I see about 200!! instances of Arturia Sofware Center Agent (32 bit). So it's crashing repeatedly and starting a new instance. I reboot my PC, try again and same error message, same multiple instances created.

What's going on? How do I activate Pigments please?

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Re: Pigments won't activate and goes crazy
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2018, 05:27:18 pm »
Hi JulesB,

I'm really sorry to hear that. We had some servers problem. All is ok now.

Please install the latest Arturia Software Center 1.5.1. Then try to activate your Pigments again.
https://www.arturia.com/support/updates&manuals
This should fix your problem.

Have nice day !
.......testing.......

JulesB

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Re: Pigments won't activate and goes crazy
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2018, 08:18:42 pm »
Activation is not working!
I've installed the latest ASC software. I get an error message (see attachment).

When Pigments first came out, ASC did not have an install button for Pigments, only an activation button. If I remember correctly, I pressed the Activation button and it activated. Later the install button came back eventually and I was able to install Pigments. This reset and deleted the activation. Since then I have had no luck in activating Pigments.

What to do now???

JulesB

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Re: Pigments won't activate and goes crazy
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2018, 08:20:15 pm »
And yes ASC crashed my computer. Another 200+ instances of Arturia Software Center Agent (32 bit) processes created !!!!

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Re: Pigments won't activate and goes crazy
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2018, 08:56:31 am »
Hello.

Please try to uninstall the Arturia Software Center and reinstall it.

Feel free to get back to us if you need any further help.

Best Regards.

Edouard
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JulesB

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Re: Pigments won't activate and goes crazy
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2018, 08:00:50 pm »
No luck.

ASC just waits forever when activating Pigments. Looking at Windows task manager, Arturia Software Center Agent (32 bit) prcoesses are created and then destroyed in a continous loop. End result, I'm not able to activiate Pigments.
As mentioned earlier, I did manage to activate Pigments on the first day but there was no install buttion in ASC back then. Since installing Pigments, I cannot activate it.




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Re: Pigments won't activate and goes crazy
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2018, 10:18:07 am »
Hi Jules,

Sorry that this seems to still persist on your end.

Here's what i would suggest you :

Please delete the Arturia Software Center preferences file, Here is how:

Windows :

- Go to this folder: C:\ProgramData\Arturia Software Center\user\

- Delete the "asc.pref" file

The folder may be hidden, if you do not find it with a simple search please try with the instructions described in the link below:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/14201/windows-show-hidden-files

MacOS :

- Go to this folder : /Library/Arturia/Arturia Software Center/user

- Delete the "asc.pref" file

Once it's done, please try again.

If this persists, please try to also run it with a right click and by choosing Run as administrator.

Finally, try also to run it in Windows 7 compatibility mode through the properties menu when right clicking on it too and let me know how it goes.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

 

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