Why is it everytime i have to reinstall windows.....

[billneftleberg 3]

everytime i need to reinstall windows all my emby apps wont connect and you guys keep bugging me to repurchase the apps.

this is the worst thing about emby. your all greedy bastards

ive paid for every app ive put emby on but you guys put me through this every single time windows crashes

its bad enough that it takes two days to rescan the media library but having to beg to get you to reenable the service is to damn much

ill tell you what im a retired federal treasury agent. Im going to file a report on emby for fraud and trust me youll be investigated in a NY minute

theres no reason that everyuser should have a key just like Premiere users do so we dont have to put up with this garbage

and im itching to make you pay believe me. every god damn time windows crashes i go Through this shit

[billneftleberg 3]

you guys like to play games i see

im tried all day and none of my apps work

i paid good money luke and you keep ignoring my requests for service

but no matter im gonna warn everyone on every site not to trust emby

[clarkss12 304]

Why does Windows keep crashing??  

[Luke 42078]

HI, did you enter your Emby Premiere key into the new server installation?

[billneftleberg 3]

i dont have premiere and never will., ive paid for multiple apps and dont feel the need for it. I live in florida and whenever we have severe storms I end up needing to reinstall windows and then of course emby as well and then my apps stop woirking until you reauthorize them

 

and now i just got a notification in emby to restore my purchase. so ill have to spend another 2 days rescanning all my files... unbelievable

this is why everyone should have a key, whether you have Emby premiere or just regular emby.

just so people dont have to beg for reauthorization

Edited January 13, 2024 by billneftleberg

[Luke 42078]

What exactly do you mean by stop working? Meaning what exactly happens?

[pwhodges 2012]

43 minutes ago, billneftleberg said:

I live in florida and whenever we have severe storms I end up needing to reinstall windows and then of course emby as well

Two suggestions:

(1) Have a UPS to condition the power to your computer, and make power loss more controlled.  A mere power loss doesn't usually require a reinstallation of Windows.
(2) A backup, to remove the need for most rescanning.

Also, what do you mean by "reauthorising the apps"?  Surely they are authorised through the store you bought them from.  The server, without Premiere, is free - why do you think the server is asking you to restore a purchase, and why would that lead to rescanning?

Paul

[billneftleberg 3]

it means that everytime we have a severe storm, windows crashes, and I end up having to reinstall windows. There is no other option, the pc just wont boot into windows otherwise.

Naturally when that happens emby simply needs to be reinstalled from scratch. then comes a 2 day process of emby scanning my 6 hard drives of movies and tv shows....i dont like it but its part of the process. i get it. having 5000 movies and 180,000 tv episodes, means its going to take time to scan it all.

the part I dont like is after I scan everything, and emby is ready to  go. it doesnt allow anything to play, until I contact you guys to reauthorize the apps because theres a 1 minute limit on playing any media until i get reauthorized. I shouldnt need to be reauthorized after all I already paid for each of my apps (some of them I paid for twice)

We should have a personalized key just like premeire users do. im not saying it needs to be all inclusive Like a Premiere key, but it should allow us to watch our content on the apps we've already paid for. without having to ask you to reauthorize the apps we paid for already.... it seems like its done deliberately to infuriate and designed to Force users to buy Premiere.And to be honest, that is my biggest reason for NOT BUYING premiere.I supported emby buy buying the apps. and by recommending it to friends and family, Staunchly recommending it over Plex and Jellyfin

I shouldnt have to beg to be reauthorized, every time im forced to reinstall windows. its bad enough I have to do 3 pc's, every time we have a storm here in florida....but my 84 year old mother doesnt know how and she loves emby. I do too by the way. but I dont appreciate  having to Ask for reauthorization just to use apps that I already paid for

and paul, i already have had 2 UPS burn up on me in 16 years here, the storms can get very violent here. when that happens the only thing you CAN DO,is reinstall windows. and if you do that, the emby installation has to be installed fresh on windows

Edited January 13, 2024 by billneftleberg

[pwhodges 2012]

Have you tried doing a repair reinstall of Windows - keeping the programs and data?  And I'd still want to look into why your Windows computer is being so fragile.

As for reauthorising - I'm puzzled.  A purchased Emby app can be used to access any Emby server, so your reinstalled server shouldn't need anything done.  But I confess that if the Emby people are doing something for you, then there's something I don't know.  How do you even contact Emby? - this forum is their main support route.

Paul

[darkassassin07 652]

It's embys fault your hardware/setup is garbage?

Interesting...

Maybe try a stable OS on decent hardware (a UPS would help a lot) or actually setup a proper backup solution instead of blaming others for your failings. You shouldn't have to reinstall everything, ever.

 

Emby isn't responsible for your systems crashing in a storm and you not having a decent backup+restore solution for this problem you knew would happen and failed to plan for. (once is one thing, but 'every god damn time'? Clearly this is a known issue in your systems that you could have planned for and fixed)

 

Perhaps there is a bug related to single-app purchases, especially as they should be entirely unrelated to your server, but you need to actually provide information to be able to investigate and solve whatever issue there may be. What clients (and versions) on what devices/platforms, purchased how/when, what actually happens when you try to use an app you've purchased, etc. You've not made any threads requesting help or providing info regarding this issue until now as far as I can see.

Are you actually looking for a solution, or just a wall to scream at??

 

Emby is not against you, but you certainly seem to be acting like they are. That won't help you work towards a solution at all. 

 

Take a step back, gather as much info as you can about the problem, then create a bug report here on the forums so it can be investigated and solved for you and others that may encounter it. Hostility just makes everyone want to leave you to deal with your issues alone.

[TMCsw 249]

2 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

everytime i need to reinstall windows all my emby apps wont connect and you guys keep bugging me to repurchase the apps.

Are you still on Win 95? the only times I’ve had to reinstall an OS (Winblows/Linux) this century was because of a hardware failure or my own stupidity…. power failures may take a little time too repair but no big deal...

2 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

this is the worst thing about emby. your all greedy bastards

Absolute nonsense, Life-time device $5 just works for any server. $120 for server can be used on more than 1 server. What are you talking about?

2 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

ive paid for every app ive put emby on but you guys put me through this every single time windows crashes

Hu?

2 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

ive paid for every app ive put emby on but you guys put me through this every single time windows crashes

Then you should be suing Microsoft or your PC manufacturer.

2 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

its bad enough that it takes two days to rescan the media library but having to beg to get you to reenable the service is to damn much

reenable? beg for what?

2 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

ill tell you what im a retired federal treasury agent. Im going to file a report on emby for fraud and trust me youll be investigated in a NY minute

Really if that is true then you know that it will be summarily dismissed.

2 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

theres no reason that everyuser should have a key just like Premiere users do so we dont have to put up with this garbage

what do you give away for free?

2 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

and im itching to make you pay believe me. every god damn time windows crashes i go Through this shit

You really need to sober up (or maybe get wasted) then find a friend to help you setup and use a better PC 

[Q-Droid 989]

1 hour ago, billneftleberg said:

2 UPS burn up on me in 16 years here

I would think that you of all people, a retired treasury agent, could understand that the amortized cost of 2 UPS over 16 years is more than worth it to prevent this problem you have with Windows and storms. I'm sure the Emby team will help you out again, and again, and again...

 

 

[richt 94]

Since you repeatedly have power problems, you need to take the necessary steps to minimize your recovery time.  Minimally you need to make recovery disks for Windows as they may save the trouble of a complete OS install.  After that a good backup system, where you do a bare metal backup of your OS drive or minimally start making backups of your emby installation as well as your personal folders in Windows.  Preferably the backup gets written to a network drive, or USB backup hard drive, or cloud storage.  Anything would be much better that what you are going through now.

Edited January 13, 2024 by richt

[TeamB 2438]

6 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

having 5000 movies and 180,000 tv episodes

 

8 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

Im going to file a report on emby for fraud and trust me youll be investigated in a NY minute

Yes absolutly you should make an official complaint about the perfectly legal 5000 movies you OWN and the 180,000 TV episodes you OWN on your home media server, I am sure no one in any authority will be interested in your collection at all. /s

8 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

ill tell you what im a retired federal treasury agent

You actually sound like you might be out of your depth, perhaps get one of your kids or grandkids or great grandkids to sort our your PC issues for you.

 

Edited January 14, 2024 by TeamB

[guytpetj 2]

Sounds like a Florida MAGA is just having a go here. Just ignore these rants, not worth the hassle looking in to. 

[Neminem 1518]

11 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

I live in florida and whenever we have severe storms I end up needing to reinstall windows

Ohh wait, don't you get storm warnings ?

You should shutdown you pc, and unplug it from the wall.

Before the storm hits.

Not doing so, is not Emby's fault, yelling and screaming, about your own short comings, is a fun read. 

After the storm plug it back in and power it up.

[ebr 16177]

Hi.  If you have made in-app purchases to unlock apps, we don't need to do anything to "reauthorize" these.  You may, however, need to press the "Restore purchase" button in those apps to re-sync the purchase information with the respective app store after a re-install.  This is standard app store procedure and not really associated with us per se.

[iiiJoe 62]

On 1/13/2024 at 1:50 PM, billneftleberg said:

it means that everytime we have a severe storm, windows crashes, and I end up having to reinstall windows. There is no other option, the pc just wont boot into windows otherwise

Sorry, but this doesn’t really make sense

[jkramer 12]

The thread was the best chuckle I've had this week. Thanks!

[denz 501]

It certainly is. Every pc I owned never had to reinstall windows especially 10 and 11 in the days of xp yes. 

Edited January 15, 2024 by denz

[billneftleberg 3]

5 hours ago, denz said:

It certainly is. Every pc I owned never had to reinstall windows especially 10 and 11 in the days of xp yes. 

thats funny, ive reinstalled windows for 2 of my neighbors this weekend, since they like me are on a fixed budget, and unlike you I actually care about people

[pwhodges 2012]

Why were those reinstalls necessary?  And where does their budget come in?  

Paul

[TMCsw 249]

11 hours ago, billneftleberg said:

thats funny, ive reinstalled windows for 2 of my neighbors this weekend, since they like me are on a fixed budget, and unlike you I actually care about people

Care about people? then I guess I should go away (and let and  you stew in your own misery and hate )

Why Is a reinstall needed..

[denz 501]

This person is clearly on some type of drugs so I am not holding anything against them. We are here to help but from replies he doesn’t want to accept the help just wants to vent 

Edited January 16, 2024 by denz

[jkramer 12]

I still can't stop laughing at the "retired federal treasury agent" bit.