Mr Rook
Joined: 28/09/11
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eLicence retrieval
#966727 - 27/01/12 01:08 PM
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I have an Acronis back-up of a perfect working system including Waldorf Largo which is
protected by a software eLicence.I want to transfer the licence to an
eLicence(Steinberg)USB key.Can this be retrieved from the back-up or must the whole
partition be restored before eLicence Control Centre can find the eLicence?
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OneWorld
Joined: 07/04/09
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Re: eLicence retrieval
[Re: Mr Rook]
#966735 - 27/01/12 01:47 PM
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I am not quite sure what you mean. But if I get your drift, the licences are kept on the
dongle, not the software on the computer. I once bought some software that came with an
iLok and I already had software that was licensed on an existing dongle. I installed the
new software and had both dongles plugged in, then the iLok software asked me if I wanted
to transer all the licenses to one key, which I did and everything worked fine. Before you
do anything risky though, I would back up with Acronis anyway.
That is the
original meaning of 'forward planning' from computer science, where you can back track,
unlike 'planning' where you cannot! Always have a get out plan
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Mr Rook
Joined: 28/09/11
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Re: eLicence retrieval
[Re: Mr Rook]
#966784 - 27/01/12 04:19 PM
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Thanks for that OneWorld.I've got the licence on a dongle now but I hope I do'nt spend an
afternoon like that again.If it wasn't for Acronis I'd be £160 out of pocket.If only
they'd design it for normal humans to use.
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OneWorld
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Re: eLicence retrieval
[Re: Mr Rook]
#966910 - 28/01/12 12:12 PM
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Yes I had a squeaky bottom moment when at first everything was goingh ever so well, then
found it was a case of premature jubilation when I got a 'no licences found' error, but on
putting the two dongles in at the same time it asked to put all the licences on one key,
which I did. I thought of using the other key as a duplicate back-up, but then thought
better of it, everything now works and is licensed so I'll leave it at that. I won't push
my luck!
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Mr Rook
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Re: eLicence retrieval
[Re: Mr Rook]
#967456 - 31/01/12 12:20 PM
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Very wise OneWorld.
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SecretSam
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Re: eLicence retrieval
[Re: Mr Rook]
#967704 - 01/02/12 11:39 AM
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... yet another example of software anti-piracy measures driving us paying customers
crazy. People using pirated software don't have this sort of problem !
Hellloooo software makers: are you listening ?
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Instant gratification is actually pretty good. It's fast as well.
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