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swtsvn
New Member
USA
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 Posted - Jan 08 2013 : 10:49:46 AM
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Hi,
This might be a recurring question, if so pardon the repetition.
But I couldnt find any proper answers online.
When I gave my existing license key as a different user (admin) in the same system for Visual Studio 2010, I am getting error saying the key does not match up to the software version. So I tried with few previous versions up until 1561. But still getting same error message.
The same key for 1626V works fine with VS 2008, leading me to believe something might be off for VS 2010. Not sure if it is because of VS 2010 or because of a different user.
Can any one tell me how to fix this so that I can use the same license key that I bought for both the users?
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19189 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2013 : 12:33:58 PM
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Are these VA version numbers correct? The first version of VA that supported VS2010 was build 1819. So VA 1626 is never going to work in VS2010, regardless of your license key.
So long as the version of VA is supported by your license key, the same key should work in all of the IDE's without any problems. Once you have entered the key into one IDE you should not be prompted by any of the other IDE's on your system. User permissions might be a factor here. Did you enter the key as a non admin user? |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Aubry
New Member
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Posted - Mar 18 2013 : 03:25:12 AM
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Hello,
Sorry to use an old post, but this topic is likely to be the answer I need... We have a global key available for a dozen of activations. We used the key on several computers without any problem, but it seems that the key does not activate VA for all users on the same computer.
Would it work if we make sure to use the key as an admin user on every computer ? If the answer is yes, I guess we just lost keys since some users have changed... :(
Thx in advance for any information ! |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19189 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2013 : 11:44:06 AM
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This page explains how to silently install VA, and also how to deploy the license key, which should explain what you need to know to get everything set up:
http://www.wholetomato.com/support/autoinstall.asp
if you are seeing problems with VS2010 and above then this is probably because VA is installed on a per-user basis in these newer IDE's, so this might be having an effect on things.
If the link does not help, can you please let me know your IDE, version of VA, OS, and what problems you are seeing? |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Aubry
New Member
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Posted - Mar 19 2013 : 04:36:35 AM
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We're all using the "wonderful" VC6... And the VA revision used is 1929 for most of us, everything on WinXP Pro SP3. We didn't follow the automated installation process, we used an admin session to install VA, then logged back to our usual sessions to enter the key.
The problem now is : we have user A working on computer C, and A leaves. User B replaces A and also work on computer C, on a different session, and he's prompted to enter the key again.
Following the automated installation such as no user is prompted to enter the key, does each new user on the same computer "consume" a user slot in a multi-user key ? If the answer is yes, then we have to buy more keys even if some slots will never be used again. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19189 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2013 : 12:03:58 PM
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If you have 8 users, then you only need an 8 user license key. The only time you should have any problems is if a user is working with the IDE and VA on more than one computer at a time. So long as you close VC6 before stopping work on a computer and changing machines there should be no problems at all.
Once a user has entered the key onto a computer, is this being remembered correctly? Or do you have to keep on entering the key onto the same computer? The keys should be remembered once entered, so if not then we have a problem. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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kevinsikes
Tomato Guru
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2013 : 5:03:19 PM
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| If you use the command line syntax (or registry script for VS2010+) from http://www.wholetomato.com/support/autoinstall.asp to stuff the first and second lines of your key into the HKLM registry hive, then Visual Assist X will migrate the key from HKLM to HKCU for each new user that logs on to the machine without prompting for the key. |
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Aubry
New Member
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Posted - Mar 20 2013 : 03:45:16 AM
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| So a key is only used when VA is effectively running. Good news indeed... Thanks a lot for all the clarifications ! |
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Visual Assist X Key not working
