

Allows you to transfer licensing rights from one computer or server to another.Activates all software licenses across the SOLIDWORKS product line.If you do not have email access on the computer where you use this product, you can save the activation file and send it from another computer. After activation, you do not need to be online to use the products. Activation requires that you have internet or email access. )Īre the messages below all too familiar to your installation of SOLIDWORKS products?īefore you can run SOLIDWORKS products on an individual computer or SolidNetWork License setup, you must activate the license for that computer or server. ( Psst: We cover the differences between SOLIDWORKS License types, borrowing, and activation in this guide. These machines might be for office use, travel purposes, or working from home. You can install SOLIDWORKS on as many workstations as you may use but you can only activate/run a Standalone license on ONE machine at a time. In short, this is a check of the use of the license key on a specific machine. It does not affect the ability of licensed users to use their software the way they have always done. The process verifies that the serial number is legitimate and has not been activated on more systems than allowed by the SOLIDWORKS End-User License Agreement (EULA). Product activation is an anonymous, secure, and hassle-free process that authenticates licensed users during the installation process. How to transfer an activation off a PC or server?.How to activate a standalone or network license?.The sections below will get you the information on your situation and how to address it. There are a few steps to keep this from happening.

In most cases, this overage was done without your knowledge. Do I call my co-worker who is using a similar license, IT to look at the system and ask what you did wrong, or SOLIDWORKS Corporation and be worried that you caused a major licensing violation? We cringe when it happens and then try to figure out who we must scramble to call to get it resolved. Enough of us have seen this message before: activation count exceeded.
