STUDENTS - Serial Number or Product Key Issues

[brian.kling]

You are having problems with:

• Getting a Serial Number or Product Key
• Your 30 day trial is about to expire
• Your 30 day trial has expired and you can't get a serial number

See the Solution in the Reply below!

[Mike]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi,

 I am a new student of AutoCAD 2012 and I have downloaded yuor product AutoCAD 2012 Trial Version from your Autodesk site and installed it but it can't run because it needs product key and activation N. Please help me to run it.

Thank you

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Hi,

You can get a serial number from this web site:
http://students.autodesk.com

You will need to create an account in order to get the number. After you have created the account, go to the AutoCAD 2012 download page (from the Get Software tab at the top of any Education Community webpage) and go to the download page for the version (32 or 64-bit) of AutoCAD 2012 you installed.

On that page will be a link that says "Get Serial Number". Click on that link to get your number.

As an FYI, you do not need to download or install the software again; the only difference between the trial version and the student version is the serial number. The software, except for the Educational Plotstamp, is otherwise the same.

[Anonymous]

• Getting a Serial Number or Product Key for Autocad 2011.

I´m a studend of Architecture in Ecuador. I´m stuying in the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Ibarra.

I need a serial number.  Help me please.

[Mike]

Hi Karlo,

Go to the Education Community page you downloaded from and click on the "Get Serial" link there to get a serial number.

[Anonymous]

None of this helps! Can Autodesk Help Center PLEASE actually do something? I've been desperatey waiting for a serial# and activation code email eversince I downloaded and created my account here!

on the website the "get serial#" doesn't work! and I HAVE done step 3, 20 times now. Nothing has happened!

please help!

[Mike]

Hi saslouie,

I need to know the following in order to help you:

Where you are; the serial numbers are based on geographic location.

What the exact product is you are looking for; e.g. AutoCAD 2012, Maya 2010, etc.

Please answer the questions and I can use that information to check the database.

[Anonymous]

hey,

I'm in Berlin, Germany.

Technical University Berlin (TU Berlin)

I'm using a autocad 2011 for mac

thanks for your help!

sasan

[Anonymous]

Hi Sasan,

I checked your Education Community account and it was not activated. I have fixed this for you.

Check again to see if you can get a serial number.

Once you have the serial number and product key, launch AutoCAD for Mac 2011 and you should see a splash screen with two buttons. One labeled "Try" and the other "Activate". Click on the "Activate" button and follow the prompts.

[Anonymous]

thanks a lot, it worked!

not it's activated,

regards, sasan

[Anonymous]

I found downloded software under my name with key# and serial#,It syas in red not yet activated,I have 12 days left on this trial vcersion.The instructuoins from Brian, states if you see serial/key #s your done???

I want to activate this so I can use it for school. Trying to activate Autocad 2012 LT.

thanks

john

[Mike]

Hi 5208,

AutoCAD LT 2012 is not offered to students as part of the free software available; no version of AutoCAD LT is.

if you have a valid serial number and product key, you should be able to activate the software by launching AutoCAD LT 2012 and when the splash screen comes up press the "Activate" button and follow the prompts.

[Anonymous]

I was on Autodesk, site this morning and they have a video which shows several ways to activates even if you download for 30 days.I have gone through this with Autodesk,some say it can be done others say it cant.

I have noticed a tremendous amount of questions regarding this,why doesn't someone have a vakid answer?I give uo I'm going to purchase some inexspensive cad ware so I can use it Cad is Cad.

thank you for the fast reply.

John

[Anonymous]

Maya, 3ds, mudflow, and a few other products are only available as 30 day trials. Is there any way to get a serial code and product key for these programs?

[Mike]

Hi,

You need a valid serial number and product key; you can get that by purchasing a copy of AutoCAD LT. As I mentioned previously, there is no student version of AutoCAD LT.

You can download and activate AutoCAD by creating a valid student account at http://students.autodesk.com

[Mike]

Hi Joshua,

All those programs are available for students on the student community website under the "Get Software" tab, with a 3 year license.

Here is a link to the student community:

http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=m_home

[Anonymous]

Hi, I had to reinstall Maya 2012  , my serial number words but my product key is showing invalid, could I please get some help?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm having problems activating my liscense. At startup the Lisencing window pops up says: "Please activate your product" so I click activate and it progresses to the privacy policy which i have read and what not, then the next window after that is blank except for two selection bubbles that have nothing attached and I have no idea where to go from here. I'm running AutoCAD 2012 on Windows 7 if it helps at all.

Please help

Thanks, Cullen

[Mike]

Hi,

Technical Document TS1053941 has a solution for this issue.
Here is a link to this Technical Document:
http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS1053941

[Anonymous]

I have been trying to using AutoCad 2011 for Mac, student edition for 3 days now.  I have downloaded, and installed the programs at least 3 times now. 

I received a serial number, and product key.  I was able to input all of that information perfectly fine.  I received an email saying that everything was registered, but still my software is listed as not active. 

Whenever I try to open the software, nothing happens.  The icon bounces, and the opening screen comes up, then goes away, and the program never opens.

I have sent several emails, and only been told to  usethe forums.  I have filled out the problem forms, and sent in many requests asking for help.  I cannot open the program, therefore cannot access the information requested in the forum solutions.

This is ridiculous that 3 days have gone by, and the only solution given is to look through user forums.  If this is a known issue, a solution should be easily accessable for all users. 

[Anonymous]

How do I get my serial number and product key

[Anonymous]

Hi Mike,

For several days now I have been getting this error message when trying to get the serial number:

We apologize, we are temporarily out of serial numbers for this product. You may download and install the 30 day trial version. Return to this page prior to or at the expiration of your 30 day trial to obtain your serial number for activation.

When will I be able to get the serial number, so the trial will not expire - or is there another way to get a serial # or activate the program?

Thanks for your good help!

Ralf