Mario,
 
Best option you recommend, off site storage on hard disc. I have multiple backups, but all here within the house structure. When the big one hits, likely all copies will go down. Tsunami plan is to save my cigar box with all the backups, a laptop and a couple guitars on the way out to higher ground.
 
Being a cheap SOB, I've thought about sending a HD to relatives thousands of miles away and even burying a HD somewhere with multiple levels of moisture and environment proof safeguards. Some vegetable level of mechanic background, so could pull this off easy. Safe deposit box easier to update obviously. My dirt level ignorance is about not trusting a Cloud thing.
 
Not wanting to derail this thread, but was wondering how many of us have lost software due to either the company going down, or sick immoral fees to download what you have already bought...(you listening IK...nobody is a fan of your policy on this issue)
 
My question is who has lost what. I've taken the hit many times. Can jump up and down and complain, but the the company even if it still exists has me by the chalumbas, and in any case doesn't give a flyin' fork about my protest.
 
Interested in hearing first hand testimonials, like Bit. What did you lose. Reason is that strength is in numbers, and there may be someone who has the file to get you back up and running. Not saying any piracy or illegal stuff, just someone who lost something and someone else who can share the files you already paid for.
 
John

I've held off on this update since seeing the problem reports on this forum and other places three weeks ago. I was hoping to hear something about an update that wouldn't delete my NI DLLs.
 
(1) I've been using Service Center, which I thought replaced Native Access. Do I need to start over and download Native Access and start using that instead?
 
(2) When I installed Komplete, I had the installer put the DLLs into C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Vstplugins. Is this configuration going to cause the deletion problem mentioned earlier in this thread? (I don't move DLLs manually.)
 
Thanks.
Mitch I.

I found the answer to my first question from NI. They now recommend Native Access.
 
https://support.native-in...What-is-Native-Access-
 
But I'm still wondering about question (2), whether the location of my DLLs will cause the deletion problem.
 
Mitch I.

The Donald ?

Dang. Arizonian aliens rule!

LOL!

This is only tangentially related, but the previous post reminded me that I'd long ago moved all Kontakt-related data files off the c: drive, and decided to have a look and make sure they're all gone. They weren't.
 
There were a bunch of leftover installation files there in hidden folders under \users\all users. Not huge files, but irritating when installers don't cleanup after themselves. To locate them, open a DOS window and type in Dir \users\all users\Kontakt* /s