I'm using a fully registered version. I did do a reinstall a few days ago, because of some problems with video playing in the viewer pane. After the reinstall, I copied in my license, and restored all my saved settigns from prior to the reinstall, as the video quirks were still present.
I checked the license window, and all was well.
A day or so later, I get a message about my install being a "trial version". I once again copied my license "block" in, and all was well.
When the 8.3 filenames showed this afternoon, there was no message about an unregistered version. And just closing it down, and reloading it solved the problem.
So I really have no clue what this all about.
I have the version 9 manual fully printed out. Is there something in there (or in help) to explain this? I saw your line re the manual, but the heads up there wasn't clear.
Ron Hirsch