smartcam gets the server code from the volume id on your hard drive, the activation keys work with the server code. I have used the same volume id string since v11 came out, win98, win2000, and now xp. i set the volume id and just put in the same activation code i have used for many years.
bob CNC Machine and Design LLC Redmond, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Scarborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] WIN XP > > > > I recently upgraded to XP Pro (new hard drive, fresh install), set my > volume ID to what it was on the old hard drive, installed Amill and Aturn > Ver 11.5, and no license keys were required....... Splain dat Lucy..... > > I put the keys in anyway, but haven't tried taking them back out. > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: "Jeremy Noland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > > Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] WIN XP > > > Hello all, > > We've just recently moved our SmartCam license from a Win98 computer to a > computer with WinXP Professional, for Advanced Mill and Production Turning > on SmartCam version 9. I sent in for the new license key but the licensing > program wouldn't accept the new licenses, either the temporary or the > permanent, and the folks at EDS couldn't help. I tried re-installing etc. > but nothing would work. > > Then I remembered that WinXP has a compatibility mode, effectively letting > a program run as if it were in Win95, Win98, etc. I tried this, setting > the compatibility mode to Win98, and VOILA, the licenses could now be > accepted!! I only had to use the compatibility mode trick on the licensing > program (licadm.exe), not the programs themselves (amill.exe or pturn.exe). > > Everything seems to be working great. Simply find the licadm.exe file > (mine was under C:\SM9\System\licadm.exe) using Windows Explorer; right > click on the icon, click properties, click the Compatibility tab at the > top, check the box > for "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and click in the drop down > menu for the mode you want, then click OK. That's it. > > Of course we bought a new computer, which is why this was necessary. I > don't know if the same issues would arise if you were to upgrade the > operating system on an existing computer. > > Good luck, > > David Scarborough > Systems Administrator > Banister Tool, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.banistertool.com > > > > The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They > just make the best of everything. > > At 09:06 AM 07/01/2003, Jeremy Noland wrote: > Group, > I see everyone is going to WIN2000, but does SmartCAM work with WIN XP > Home or Professional? > Thank You to all who responded on CAD/CAM packages it was very helpful to > hear from other people in the same field. > > Thank you > Jeremy > > Jeremy Noland > Mountain Manufacturing & Distribution. > CNC Programming / Prototype Dept. > 20522 Builders St. > Bend, Or. 97701 > (541)330-2149 > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== > > > > > > > > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
