DriveWorks Pro 20

Fixed Licenses

Fixed Licenses

The Fixed License tab in the License Manager will show all Fixed Licenses that have been activated on the machine.

The Fixed License view displays information about each license.

The information includes:

• Code
• Type
• Expires
• Status

The Status column can display the following for each license:

• Expired if the license is not permanent and the date in the Expires column has passed
• Untrusted if the license is corrupted and requires repairing

  License information is held in Windows Trusted Storage.

  Trusted storage is a secure location that is locked to the machine on which it is located using a combination of machine identities.

  A license can become untrusted for a number of reasons, the more common of which are:

  • When a machine has been restored from a backup
  • When a machine has had key hardware components added or replaced
  • When the MAC address of a machine changes (can occur on VM's that do not have a static MAC address assigned)
  • When Windows updates have affected trusted storage

  If the license is untrusted please see How To: Troubleshoot Fixed Licenses for more information.

• Active if the license valid.

Add a Fixed License

A Fixed License can be added from:

• DriveWorks License Manager (DriveWorks License Manager is installed automatically with each module of DriveWorks):
  1. Launch DriveWorks License Manager and select the Fixed Licenses tab.
  2. Click Add.
  3. The Licensing Wizard will appear, enter the License Code for the module being licensed.

     

     Click Next

  4. Enter the Registration Information and click Next to begin activation.

     Click Finish once the License is activated.

     If the machine is not connected to the internet please see Manual Activation for more information.

• The DriveWorks Pro Module and completing the steps below:
  1. Launch the DriveWorks application that has just been installed from the Windows Start Menu> All Programs.

     The Licensing Wizard will appear, this gives options to:

     • Use a product code (Fixed License).
     • Connect to a License Server (Network License).

       DriveWorks Autopilot is not available on a Network License.

       This option will not appear when launching this module.

     

  2. Select Use a product code.

     Enter the product code you have been given.

     Click Next

  3. Enter the Registration Information and click Next to begin activation.

     Click Finish once the License is activated.

     If the machine is not connected to the internet please see Manual Activation for more information.

View a Fixed License

To view the information for a fixed license, activated on the current machine:

1. Ensure the Fixed Licenses tab is selected and select the license from the list of available licenses.
2. Click the View button to the right of the list of licenses.
3. The License Details window will be displayed.

   

The information available for a license when it is viewed includes:

• The Product Code - The code used to activate the license will be listed here in full.
• Type - If the license is Full (permanent) or Temporary.
• Expires On - If temporary the date on which it expires.
• Days Remaining - If temporary the number of days remaining before expiration.

Return a Fixed License

To return a fixed license:

1. Ensure the Fixed Licenses tab is selected and select the license from the list of available licenses.
2. Click the View button to the right of the list of licenses.
3. From the License Details dialog click the Return license button.

   

4. DriveWorks will attempt to return the license.

Repair an Untrusted License

Repair License will attempt to repair a license that has become untrusted.

Please see Repair License for more information.