A: Unfortunately, Cakewalk’s old legacy activation servers were shut down in 2017. Even with a disk, you cannot activate it. Use the modern free version instead.
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A: Possibly. But modern free Cakewalk has a "Lite" mode. If your PC can barely run X2, it’s time to upgrade your machine, not downgrade your security.