PLU to myself?

[Anonymous]

I have a need to perserve the license on computers from time to time that are wiped clean. I doubt I can use the plu to export the license to myself(the same computer) and after the os is restored import it back in. If it could that would be great, or is there some other way to perserve the license from a computer that is already activated ie: copy a file /reg enttries.
Thanks

[Anonymous]

doug48858 said the following On 9/11/2006 10:10 AM:
> I have a need to perserve the license on computers from time to time
> that are wiped clean. I doubt I can use the plu to export the license
> to myself(the same computer) and after the os is restored import it
> back in.

AFAIK - what you describe works fine.

+ License on computer A is exported to B
+ Computer A is rebuilt
+ License on computer B is exported to A

--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

I guess what I meant was:

License on computer a exported to computer a

computer a rebuilt

license imported to computer a

in this case the workstation techs do not have autocad installed on computer b to act as a depository for the license while a is wiped clean. It would be nice to have a temporary location to put the license while the disk is re-imaged, rather than the license lost and having to go through activation again.

[Anonymous]

doug48858 said the following On 9/11/2006 3:34 PM:

>
> License on computer a exported to computer a
>
> computer a rebuilt
>
> license imported to computer a
>

How would that work?
How can you export a license to the same machine, and even if you did,
how would it survive a format of the HDD?


--
R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

The Computer ID is likely to change when you reformat the boot disk, making
re-import impossible.

If you need to frequently flatten your system, switch to the network
license.

You can "park" your license by exporting it to different PC and importing it
back. One PC can hold more than one license for the same product.

--Cy--

[Dazzman]

I have recently rebuilt all of our ATC systems using this method.

1. Backup this folder Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Software Licenses.

2. Reformat system and rebuild OS.

3. Install AutoCAD, BUT do not run it!

4. Copy folder back onto system.

5. Run AutoCAD.

It worked for me on the 6 systems that I rebuilt I have found that if you try to import a license back onto a system it can report that it is broken which is why I now copy the files off instead.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the replies.

RK- the plu is export to a file, kept on a disk or server, then after os wipe, import back to pc. I doubt the plu will allow the same name on both, but I dont have it to test at the moment. Good chance as d'man said it would show broken even if-

Cy- maybe so, i was hoping the id code was generated off the mb/processor rather than a boot sector entry 😞
I cant park the license, I dont do the work, the workstation techs do. To park the license they would have to have acad installed. This is a global issue and with 11 different countries to support I cant network them all together. Even so I would love network, but adesk is asking for 800-900$ a seat upcharge and no one wants to pay that much for my comfort.

D'man I will give that a try sometime.

[mikkofoto]

Any idea as to whether there would be any reason that copying the software license file to another storage source (such as a memory stick) before re-formatting would not work IF the hard drive is reconfigured using FAT16 or FAT32? (I want to set up my computer to use both windows95 and xp os)?

[Anonymous]

Yes. There's a problem with the concept.

You cannot "copy the license file to a storage source". You "export it to a
computer".

Having the license file "in storage" implies that it's free-floating,
available to use anywhere. The standalone license file is never in that
state, because you could make copies of it and use it anywhere.

When it's authorized, it's tied to one particular PC. When you export it,
it's tied to the Computer ID of the PC you export to, and is only valid for
that one destination. If you export to yourself, you are betting that
whatever change you are making will not change your Computer ID, thus
forcing reauthorization. Changes to motherboard, CPU, BIOS, memory, video
card, external hard drives, internal hard drives other than the boot drive,
all do NOT change the Computer ID. Many changes to the boot drive DO change
it. Specifics are not given.

This problem and its solution has been discussed endlessly in this
newsgroup.

--Cy--

wrote in message news:5333525@discussion.autodesk.com...
Any idea as to whether there would be any reason that copying the software
license file to another storage source (such as a memory stick) before
re-formatting would not work IF the hard drive is reconfigured using FAT16
or FAT32? (I want to set up my computer to use both windows95 and xp os)?