Migration
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hello, all:
I asked this a few days back, but now can't seem to find it (?).
I was wondering how to migrate my licensed copy of Sketchup to my new computer.
TIA!
Garry
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Hmm, I don't think you ever actually posted it, as this appears to be your first and only post at this point.
You don't need to migrate your license, just install SU on your new machine and enter in the license details. It will work fine.
Chris
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@chris fullmer said:
Hmm, I don't think you ever actually posted it, as this appears to be your first and only post at this point.
You don't need to migrate your license, just install SU on your new machine and enter in the license details. It will work fine.
Chris
Strange...I remember previewing it, then sending...
Ok, thanks for quick reply. I thought that might be the case, but it surprises me that there isn't a means to keep one from installing a single seat over and over.
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I have the same Pro license installed on my desktop PC and on my laptop.
But I'll never use SketchUp on both of them at the same time [I can't!].
If I did try to do so, and they were on the same wireless network... then my second attempt would fail with a message saying that the one Pro license is already in use on another computer on the network.
Before recent changes the second attempt would have opened as the Free version.
Now it just stops - due to some nitwit in China who worked out a way of making a reverted-pro version [then free] always act as if it were still pro, thereby side-stepping the licensing requirement.
Unfortunately you can now only have Pro OR Free versions installed on any machine - never both...
However if for example you use your laptop for most SketchUp work then you could install licensed Pro on that and the Free version on the other PC in your network, so you could have SketchUp [of sorts] running concurrently on both machines.
Alternatively you could buy two Pro licenses - one for each machine on your network... but your only got one pairs of hands
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@gareebee said:
...it surprises me that there isn't a means to keep one from installing a single seat over and over.
This is called a "floating license". Some software developers take this route while others take a different one (like it has to be deactivated on one machine to activate it on another one - or even locking the license to a certain hardware). Each solution has its advantages and drawbacks (from both vendor's and user's point of view) and also the nature of the software often determines which way to take.
TIG cannot use SU on two machines concurrently. Me neither. So there is no high risk of "cheating" here.
A renderer may be different. You could be building your scene, tweaking materials whatnot on one machine while rendering a movie on the other. Thus their licenses are usually stricter.
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@gaieus said:
@gareebee said:
...it surprises me that there isn't a means to keep one from installing a single seat over and over.
This is called a "floating license". Some software developers take this route while others take a different one (like it has to be deactivated on one machine to activate it on another one - or even locking the license to a certain hardware). Each solution has its advantages and drawbacks (from both vendor's and user's point of view) and also the nature of the software often determines which way to take.
TIG cannot use SU on two machines concurrently. Me neither. So there is no high risk of "cheating" here.
A renderer may be different. You could be building your scene, tweaking materials whatnot on one machine while rendering a movie on the other. Thus their licenses are usually stricter.
That makes sense to me. Like TIG, I only care to use one machine at a time.
I will be disposing of the Dell. Now, if I understand correctly...I will need to tell NVidea to handle SU?
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