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curtk  
#1 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2022 6:13:50 PM(UTC)
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wtf is the deal with viacad licensing now ? I've out grown a few pc's over time and have always been able to reinstall onto the new pc without any issues .
Now , I've tried to install viacad pro v8 and v12 and I'm getting that my serials are invalid while the purchase email is right in front of me . I've had every version since v5 and I've never had licensing issues till now .

Anyone else been through this ??
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L. Banasky  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, August 23, 2022 10:45:57 AM(UTC)
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Send Todd an email at PunchCad, he will probably give you a code that will work.
Todd has always helped with this problem.
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curtk  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, August 23, 2022 11:34:30 AM(UTC)
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Going to do that today , Todd has been good at helping me in the past .
I'm expecting they've changed license servers or something . V12 tells me my license is no good , and v8 shuts down the second I click register

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curtk  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, August 23, 2022 2:20:22 PM(UTC)
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I'll admit that I have my share of complaint while working with the software but I do like it for many reasons . When it comes to support they are on the ball . Todd was quick to help me get both versions running on my new rig .

One problem with migrating the old versions (at least with v8) is that it won't communicate online on windows 11 . I'm not sure why v12 was a problem but they both work now and thats all that matters

The joy killer of buying a new powerhouse is all the crap that needs to be moved over

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MPSchmied  
#5 Posted : Saturday, August 27, 2022 8:08:07 AM(UTC)
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Why do you not just put the old hard drive in the new power house? You can also just migrating all data on the new hard drive before when u need the new hard drive. I never migrating to a new Windows, this will need 8 weeks full time job. You can install the new drivers on your old OS and it will work. I make always a Backup with Acronis True Image of my whole OS that it can be always be restored. Also the Migration to Windows 11 will be a Update Installation and all Settings will stay without much work. I need then only a half hour to change all the settings which the windows setup making wrong.

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OS: Windows 10 | CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 | RAM: 32 GB | Graphic: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | Shark FX 9 Build 1162 | Unit: mm
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curtk  
#6 Posted : Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:35:52 AM(UTC)
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it's not so simple . These are 2 totally different workstations . Dropping a hard drive from one computer to the next and expecting it to boot as usual doesn't jive , and a guy can't change drivers when it won't boot to the os which most times is the case .

I've used numerous softwares in the past for migrating from system to system and they can do a good job of it . A problem is that licensed software usually need to be re registered because they recognize major hardware differences/changes or there are pieces missing , reg file files etc .
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UGMENTALCASE  
#7 Posted : Sunday, September 4, 2022 9:35:52 AM(UTC)
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Windows 10 does this easily. I've just done it with my server hard drive, took it out of one station and put it in another box. I had it ethernet wired in on boot, it downloaded some stuff, restarted and worked fine after that.

In the past, windows xp and 7, not so easy
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curtk  
#8 Posted : Tuesday, September 6, 2022 11:54:45 AM(UTC)
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I despise win10 and 11 , but I have to do the inevitable and move away from win7 which is why this is such at bi%#$ . I love my t7500 except it's old and losing it's luster
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#9 Posted : Friday, September 23, 2022 3:46:06 AM(UTC)
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useful information

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