Something that I didn't expect came to my attention after I accidentally opened my copy of Microsoft Word. I never had a reason to open it after backing up my entire computer from the faulty hard drive, but when I did open it, it gave me this window where I have to register the license or something like that. I checked out my other applications not from the Adobe line (ironically, those are still working) to see if the same fate happened to them, and my fears about this situation are realized when not even Maya is functioning. Even though I can still create the textures in Photoshop, they won't be useful at all unless I somehow sort out my licensing problems.
EDIT: Ignore most of that. After working with someone from Full Sail, I managed to get Maya back. While I can't say the same for the other applications I have, at least I'm not out of the animation business just yet.
EDIT: Ignore most of that. After working with someone from Full Sail, I managed to get Maya back. While I can't say the same for the other applications I have, at least I'm not out of the animation business just yet.