No way to purchase a new license?

[hdtvjeff]

Hi,

So NO way to purchase a NEW license key for a brand new install of TV Suite 6?

I built a new system and want a separate brand new license, any way?

No way, really?

Thanks,


Jeff

 

[hydra3333]

Well, my reading of the recent threads about the probability of the business going under and also VRD ceasing to function in the indeterminate future due to annual licensing re-validation not working, makes that seem "problematic" anyway

 

[Dan203]

Unfortunately no. New sales are done.

But you can install whatever version you have on your new computer just fine. I don’t think the activation starts to complain until you hit like 8-10 PCs with the same key. We set it high to limit support issues. We were just trying to stop widespread theft, not legitimate use.

 

[christhetivoguy]

Well, my reading of the recent threads about the probability of the business going under and also VRD ceasing to function in the indeterminate future due to annual licensing re-validation not working, makes that seem "problematic" anyway

I haven't had any indications regarding any need for annual licensing. In fact these recent threads are the first I ever heard about it. This is on a machine which hasn't been plugged into the Internet since I validated the VRD license years ago. Videos have been imported/exported in bulk via USB HDD. Basically a stand-alone appliance, solely for Microsoft reasons. Currently running VRD 5.4 - so maybe newer versions added something new with a requirement for a yearly online license check??

 

[christhetivoguy]

P.S. In my quest for future-proofing things, I noticed I have been able to load VRD without the validation step, on an identical machine ( a corporate HP Compaq Elite 8300). The Windows 7/Videoredo installation was backed up/restored onto secondary machine using Clonezilla. Secondary machine had EXACTLY the same hardware configuration, except of course for the different system board and CPU (It didn't care about different BIOS revision or the i5 CPU changing to i3 CPU though). No WiFi or other additional devices to complicate things at the time of running Clonezilla. I pulled up the wizard in Windows 7 to activate on the secondary machine. Then I went into VRD and the About screen, and my license was still good.

So in short, if you can backup/restore using a drive image to a nearly identical machine, you may be able to circumvent the requirement to reinstall VRD a second time.

Caveat: For unknown reasons, there was an additional requirement to install "Windows6.1-KB3102810-x64.msu" patch, which fixed the Windows Update services in Windows 7 - which can be broken on new installs - or in my case a drive imaging to another similar machine. That is temporarily required for the Activation step in Windows. Once activated, I'd recommend disabling that Windows Update service altogether.


Since I have a few of these machines, I have made a hardware-redundant setup on each machine, each backed up on several HDD volumes using Clonezilla. That is in case the validation server should go down, and the drive imaging loophole above doesn't work again.

 

[bbscentr]

While the activation question is debated. I's just like to put in my 2 cents' worth.
Some will be using older versions. Hopefully TPTB will release some kind of patch /revision of the installer for older versions, and/or perhaps a a generic manual Activation token that never expires for those of us with paid versions (new and older)