I have to do a repair install of ATH almost every time, MS gives any udate, also the REPAIR, works and I never have to RE Activate. so for me Im sure the RE Activate is what messes up his ATH.
As I was in the shower, I remembered that in the ESU bypass thread next door, there are reports of problems on 32 bit systems every now and then. Therefore, I have now Acronis 2014 installed on my 32 bit test system with Windows 7, ESU-updated. Even the installation crashed at the end, Acronis could not even start. Activation works pretty fine. I started "LiveOS-Setup.cmd" from the "BypassESU-v11" and executed the item "[6] Remove .NET 4 ESU Bypass". After that Acronis started without any problems and works as expected! Maybe this is also your problem? edit: The same problem exists with ATI 2021 --> Workaround: Remove .NET 4 ESU Bypass!
Thanks... update: I reinstalled 2014, activated, same error: Faulting application name: TrueImage.exe, version: 17.0.0.6673, time stamp: 0x52f0fb16 Faulting module name: MSVCR80.dll, version: 8.0.50727.6229, time stamp: 0x4ec352ab than installed 2017, activated, error: Faulting application name: TrueImage.exe, version: 20.0.0.8058, time stamp: 0x594bc28d Faulting module name: MSVCR120.dll, version: 12.0.21005.1, time stamp: 0x524f7ce6 Looks like the ms c++ runtime dll's are not executing correctly allthough they ARE loading ! Will try to remove the .NET 4 ESU Bypass next... Confirm: after removing .NET 4 ESU Bypass TrueImage.exe working !
So no 'waste of time' after all! Thanks for your help. Reading the ESU thread I guess these guys are allready aware of these problems or what ?
The problem has followed me into the shower. Assumption, flash thoughts, test on my system and I found the troublemaker you're welcome I think they are isolated cases. Individual cases because only a few still use 32 bit systems in contrast to most who use 64 bit systems without such problem. I have not followed up on whether someone is searching for a (final) solution. Workaround works (Only bypass .NET during a windows-update).
Better not! If you want this feature, better you buy Acronis. At the moment, there are a lot of special offers
Here in this thread we talk about Acronis True Image, NOT about Acronis Cyber Backup! Feel free and create one!
I think THAT to bee the main point - because of the AV functionality - great excuse to take more money...