License Rant - Started to install Tokyo on a new machine, and like a good little developer, I used the license manager to UN-authorize my current install, then on the new install, it tells me my license is no good any more.

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License Rant - Started to install Tokyo on a new machine, and like a good little developer, I used the license manager to UN-authorize my current install, then on the new install, it tells me my license is no good any more.

It's the weekend, and now I stuck. No old system, no new system... ouch!

I read others have had this problem with Tokyo. This is not the first time for me.

Can you believe I moved on to installing Visual Studio 2017 while I wait for this to get sorted out?

ohhh! ohhh.;;

Comments

  1. Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)March 26, 2017 at 6:33 AM

    Always make a backup before any serious change...

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  2. Dalija PrasnikarMarch 26, 2017 at 6:34 AM

    Removing licenses does nothing in Delphi... it does not add back that license to the manager and does not increase your available license count. You can freely leave old one active.

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  3. Dalija PrasnikarMarch 26, 2017 at 6:36 AM

    Oh, and Embarcadero does not have 24/7 service for increasing activation counts. You will have to wait til Monday :(

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  4. Joe C. HechtMarch 26, 2017 at 6:56 AM

    Thomas Mueller yes, I have backups, and I have other license keys too, but that does not equal convenience. I was building a specific image for that key, for that developer. and work will be delayed until at least Monday + install time + setup time... hmm.. Tuesday or Wednesday (if I can juggle my time). I am not exactly pleased. I was kinda saddened at the news reported by Dalija Prasnikar that removing the license key does not increase the count.Who know, doing the "right thing" is probably what messed the whole thing up.

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  5. Uwe RaabeMarch 26, 2017 at 7:49 AM

    Seems I can add one more item to the "Commandments when installing Delphi":
    1. Thou shalt always install on top of your current system
    2. Thou shalt not reinstall Windows
    3. Thou shalt not rename machine
    4. Thou shalt not remove license
    Otherwise you are damned and shalt bump your limits eternally without success.

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  6. Joe C. HechtMarch 26, 2017 at 9:01 AM

    Uwe Raabe I always install clean, onto a clean OS install (an old habit from when I was at Borland Support).

    I can add a a couple to the list:

    5) Never change the MAC address of the first NIC card installed in your Windows VM ;-)

    6) Don't delete your snapshot when you are away from your backup server (ohhh).

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  7. Herbert SauroMarch 26, 2017 at 9:22 AM

    You could add another commandment

    Thou shalt not install Delphi at the weekend.

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  8. Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)March 26, 2017 at 10:05 AM

    Herbert Sauro ... and always remember that there is a time difference between your local time and PST.

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  9. Tommi PramiMarch 26, 2017 at 12:43 PM

    And licence server doesn't​ work as should (at least ours, and Emba doesn't support it very well. Like new webinstaller doesn't​ work at all with it)

    We can't install Tokyo because we can't get licence from the server.

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  10. Vadim ZMarch 27, 2017 at 8:59 AM

    I do prefer a clean install myself. VMWare has an option to convert an physical machine to a virtual one. Useful to access older versions of Delphi whenever you want.

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