Manual Activation (DriveWorks Documentation)

Manual Activation

This topic will explain how to manually license DriveWorks Pro which you may need to do if you have no Internet connection or a poor Internet connection.

Return License

A manually activated license cannot be returned using the Return License functionality of the License Manager unless connected to the internet.

Please contact your reseller for assistance in returning a manually activated license from a machine that is not connected to the internet.

Before You Begin

If you are on a network managed by an IT Department, you may be behind a proxy, in which case you may need to find out your proxy details from whoever runs your network.

The Manual Licensing Process

The manual licensing process is divided into the following few steps:

The Licensing Wizard displays the name of the product being licensed in the title bar of the wizard.

Step 1		When you purchased DriveWorks, you will have received a product code. Type this product code into the product code box shown in the image to the left and click next.
Step 2		Fill out the information about yourself, and a description of the machine you are activating on.
Step 3		When you click next on the previous step, DriveWorks will start to activate your license on your machine. Click Stop to interrupt the process.
Step 4		This will then take you on to Troubleshooting. Select Use Manual Activation and click Next. If you are on a network managed by an IT Department, you may be behind a proxy, in which case you may need to find out your proxy details from whoever runs your network. The Proxy details can be entered by selecting Configure proxy details and clicking Next.
Step 5		If this is the first time that DriveWorks has been licensed, you will have to go through the process of configuring your PC for manual Licensing. If this is not your first time skip to Step 8. To initialize the license you will need to save a request file and then copy this to a machine with Internet access. Do this by clicking Save Request... and browse to location where it is to be saved. This will save a .driveaccreq file and a .html file in this location. The .html file contains further steps to take.
Step 6		Open a web browser on the machine with Internet access and browse to https://activation.driveworks.co.uk Follow the instructions on the page and browse to the location of the .driveactreq file and click Submit. A response to the activation request will then be generated and it will need to be downloaded and copied back on to the machine, which needs licensing. This file is called Configuration Request.xml.
Step 7		Then go back to the License Management tool and click the Open Response... button and browse to the location of the Configuration Request XML file. Your machine is now configured for you to now activate your licenses.
Step 8		To activate the license you will need to save a request file and then copy this to a machine with Internet access. Do this by clicking Save Request... and browse to the location where it is to be saved.This will save a .driveactreq file and a .html file in this location. The .html file contains further steps to take.
Step 9		Open a web browser on the machine with Internet access and browse to https://activation.driveworks.co.uk Follow the instructions on the page and browse to the location of the .driveactreq file and click Submit. A response to the activation request will then be generated and it will need to be downloaded and copied back on to the machine which needs licensing. This file is called ActivationRequest.xml.
Step 10		Then go back to the License Management tool and click the Open Response... button and browse to the location of the Activation Request XML file.
Step 11		When the activation has completed, you will see the Activation Successful screen, and when you press Finish, DriveWorks will be launched.

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