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Tip: License Update Feature
Created: Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Updated: Friday, October 14, 2005
Article ID: KB644
Software involved: SLOPE/W , SEEP/W , SIGMA/W , QUAKE/W , TEMP/W , CTRAN/W , VADOSE/W , Seep3D ,
Operating Systems involved: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98
Summary
Beginning in May 2005, license files for all GEO-SLOPE products will be delivered online.  This article briefly describes how this affects each of the products currently shipping.
Description

No matter which product you are using, you can find all your current FLEXnet licenses online by going to http://www.geo-slope.com/licenseupdate.aspx and following the instructions in your browser.  You will be prompted to enter a HostId (such as the FLEXid printed on your USB or Parallel Port key).  You will then be presented with a list of all the FLEXnet license files for those keys. 

Of course if your software is already running with a valid license file there is no need to get another one.  But when you purchase a new license, renew an existing one, when your perpetual license is automatically renewed every year, or if you are installing the software on a new computer and don't have your original license file, you can simply go to the website and download whichever license files you need.

Please note:  We are rolling this feature out in stages over the next twelve months.  The first time we generate a new license for you, we will also post all your other license files on the website.  Until that time, none of your license files will show up.

Depending on which product and version you are running, you may get some notification that new licenses are available:

GeoStudio 2004
As of version 6.17, GeoStudio 2004 will automatically download and begin using any new license files.  No action will be required on your part.  You will simply get an informational message on the Start Page notifying you that a license file has been downloaded.

Beginning with version 6.14, GeoStudio 2004 will notify you when new licenses are available, and give you a link directly to the License Download page on the web.  When you see a link on your Start Page that says "A new or updated license is ready for download," click on the link and follow the instructions to replace your existing license files with the updated ones.

Older versions of GeoStudio 2004 will not notify you when new license files are available, but you will be notified when existing licenses are expiring in the next 30 days.  Click on the expiration notice on your Start Page and you will be taken to the License Download page as well.  If you have paid for a renewal, or if you are using a perpetual license (which is renewed for free automatically) your replacement license files will be available for download.

If you are using network licenses, GeoStudio 2004 will not notify you of new license files, because the files must be installed on the server, not the workstation.  Your IT administrator should check the web site a month or two before your licenses expire to get the replacement files.

GEO-SLOPE Office 5 and VADOSE/W v1
Version 5 software (and VADOSE/W version 1) will not notify you when new license files are available, but you will be notified when existing licenses are expiring in the next two weeks.  Click on the expiration notice on the Splash Screen and you will be taken to the License Download page on the web as described above.  If you have paid for a renewal, or if you are using a perpetual license (which is renewed for free automatically) your replacement license files will be available for download.

Version 4 and Older
Older software did not support FLEXnet, and thus is not affected by these changes.

Seep3D
Seep3D will not notify you when new license files are available.  You should check the website yourself a month or two before your licenses expire to get replacement files.

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