Borrowing a license and the order Windows sees it in.

[Anonymous]

Ok here's the question. I have a network copy of an Autodesk product. Let's say Autocad. If I borrow a license signed is as Matt on my workstation/laptop, and then I sign off, go home and login as James, will James be able to run Autocad? Or will the license only be recognized if I sign in only as Matt?

The other question, what if I borrowed the license while logged in as an adminstrator or the administrator login on the workstation/laptop and then went home and logged in as James?

So who would be able to use Autocad at this point? all profiles on the workstation or only the profile that checked out the license?

It's a good question that I don't have the answer too but i think I know the answer, I just need some other grounded opinions, thanks. Heidi.

[Anonymous]

Borrowed licenses are per user.

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wrote in message news:5853412@discussion.autodesk.com...
Ok here's the question. I have a network copy of an Autodesk product.
Let's say Autocad. If I borrow a license signed is as Matt on my
workstation/laptop, and then I sign off, go home and login as James, will
James be able to run Autocad? Or will the license only be recognized if I
sign in only as Matt?

The other question, what if I borrowed the license while logged in as an
adminstrator or the administrator login on the workstation/laptop and then
went home and logged in as James?

So who would be able to use Autocad at this point? all profiles on the
workstation or only the profile that checked out the license?

It's a good question that I don't have the answer too but i think I know the
answer, I just need some other grounded opinions, thanks. Heidi.

[Anonymous]

The license is per the combination user and computer.

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"tsaxy" wrote in message news:5853412@discussion.autodesk.com...
> Ok here's the question. I have a network copy of an Autodesk product.
> Let's say Autocad. If I borrow a license signed is as Matt on my
> workstation/laptop, and then I sign off, go home and login as James, will
> James be able to run Autocad? Or will the license only be recognized if I
> sign in only as Matt?
>
> The other question, what if I borrowed the license while logged in as an
> adminstrator or the administrator login on the workstation/laptop and then
> went home and logged in as James?
>
> So who would be able to use Autocad at this point? all profiles on the
> workstation or only the profile that checked out the license?
>
> It's a good question that I don't have the answer too but i think I know
> the answer, I just need some other grounded opinions, thanks. Heidi.

[Anonymous]

so what you're saying is that it will depend on the login and their permissions as to whether or not the license will be a global license to the machine or specific to the user, correct?

[TravisNave]

No, what we're saying is that the license is specific ONLY to the user that borrows it on the machine to which it is borrowed.

If user A on machine 1 borrows a licenses, then user B on machine 1 will not be able to start the product offline.

[Anonymous]

> If user A on machine 1 borrows a licenses, then user B on machine 1 will
> not be able to start the product offline.

Indeed this is correct. Therefore it's always important to have enough
rights as the users who is expected to run it.
A fairly problem can be that that users use their machine with limited
rights and then eventually will get denied dispite they borrowed their
license.

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