To be honest Tom, I am as well. At this point, your best bet is to read and reread Chris' posts. Somewhere it seems to say that a 9.1 backup works the same as the backups in the past. But, it doesn't seem to be the case if you try to restore to another machine. At least I thought I read that as well.
I don't think staying at 6.3.3 is any better than being on 9.1. Being on 9.1 shouldn't make you have to reencrypt compared with 6.3.3. My understanding is that when you go to install AC on a virgin machine, it won't recognize certain parts of the database that it would if you reinstalled or upgraded on your current machine. Therefore, it will say, "I need the 24-hour code from support. And, your .enc backup isn't encrypted enough.
Another thing I don't understand is the following. Supposedly the .enc files that you currently have backed up: one, two, twenty aren't encrypted well enough. But, say you don't try to restore, they just sit there. Then that would mean you have .enc backup files on your computer or external drive or at home, that aren't fully encrypted. What is the difference between trying to restore them or having them on your computer? What changes if you move the .enc file to another computer.
This makes no sense. I am so confused. I am fine with needing another key. Even that bothers me, because if I need to move to another computer in a hurry, I am in trouble. But, there is where I suggest strongly to go ahead now and install onto another machine. Don't use it but have it activated. But, there has to be a way for the .enc files to be restorable without being uploaded. Why not say, you are on 9.1 and now all backups have better encryption, because v9.1 is capable of making .enc files with better encryption. I guess the other part I don't understand is can you do a backup on 6.3.3 and then immediately restore it?
Again, I am more confused now more than ever.
It's almost like AC did something with increased encryption and in doing so it caused problems with restoring to another machine. So, they came up with this to fix it. I'm sorry AC. I just have no idea. Now, that Tom has joined the thread, we now have six people who seem to not only be aware of it, but are confused, frustrated and are talking about it.
The bottom line, and I think I speak for everyone, is AC has to find a way to go back. They have to find a way so we don't have to upload our .enc files. We need to do a backup like every other backup program does and allow it to be a restorable backup. Am I missing something?
And, Tom, I would change the word "even" to "ever". I never did MU, and I never will. And, as long as I can, I am not doing MIPS or MACRA.
