Well I went ahead and figured I'd try some stuff. I own the machine and software, so if I screwed up my registration I could just call and having it fixed. Well there is a new way to register the serial.

I went to the website and entered the number from the back of the CD. Once I did that it gave me the option to "add license". I had to give my password and click a box that was now in the pattern editor field. Once I did this I had to open the software and select "Manage License" under Help. From there I clicked update license which finally unlocked the rest of the program.

Lots of stuff to do. It sounds like it used to be easier. This was a little bit of a pain, but at least I figured it out. Now others can stumble on this and be able to figure it out.... unless it changes again how you register.