visual3d:license_activation:visual3d_license_activation
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* You can use the same installation file and license file on different PC's until your purchased license count is used up. | * You can use the same installation file and license file on different PC's until your purchased license count is used up. | ||
* When you start Visual3D for the first time, **the license will automatically activate** over the Internet. (Manual options exist for PC's without Internet access.) | * When you start Visual3D for the first time, **the license will automatically activate** over the Internet. (Manual options exist for PC's without Internet access.) | ||
- | * Licenses are stored on the PC, so to deactivate it you need to do **Help-> | + | * Licenses are stored on the PC, so to deactivate it you need to do **Help-> |
===== License Activation ===== | ===== License Activation ===== | ||
- | * Visual3D will automatically activate its license over the Internet when Visual3D is started for the first time on a PC. This ties the license to the PC | + | * Visual3D will automatically activate its license over the Internet when Visual3D is started for the first time on a PC. This ties the license to the PC. |
- | * If the Internet is not available, Visual3D pops us a message with a license token for activating the license manually. You can e-mail that information to support@c-motion.com, | + | * If the Internet is not available, Visual3D pops us a message with a license token for activating the license manually. You can e-mail that information to support@has-motion.com, |
* The license activation code is stored in the Windows local user registry on the PC. | * The license activation code is stored in the Windows local user registry on the PC. | ||
* Activated licenses are listed on the customer download page for easy site license management. | * Activated licenses are listed on the customer download page for easy site license management. | ||
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* A Visual3D license is unlocked/ | * A Visual3D license is unlocked/ | ||
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* Please deactivate a Visual3D license **before** installing a new OS, decommissioning a PC, swapping drives, or when leaving a lab when graduating, or if leaving for a new job. | * Please deactivate a Visual3D license **before** installing a new OS, decommissioning a PC, swapping drives, or when leaving a lab when graduating, or if leaving for a new job. | ||
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* Once deactivated, | * Once deactivated, | ||
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As mentioned above, activation codes are stored in the user registry on the PC. The deactivation process removes the code and then tells our database about it. If you do not deactivate a license our database will never know, and so according to the database, the license is still in use. | As mentioned above, activation codes are stored in the user registry on the PC. The deactivation process removes the code and then tells our database about it. If you do not deactivate a license our database will never know, and so according to the database, the license is still in use. | ||
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- | If you have problems with Visual3D, try seeing if your issue is covered on the general troubleshooting page [[https:// | ||
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+ | If you have problems with Visual3D, try seeing if your issue is covered on the general troubleshooting page [[Visual3D: |
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