Explains single, multi-seat, trial licenses, and the license file.
A stand-alone license authorizes a single user to use the specified Autodesk product. The product can be installed on more than one computer, but multiple instances of the same product cannot be running concurrently on different computers.
Stand-alone licensing allows you to use your Autodesk product in trial mode for a specified period, usually 30 days, from the first time you start the product. For a product suite, the trial period countdown begins when the first product is started, and it applies to all Autodesk products in the suite. You can activate your license at any time before or after the trial period expires.
The stand-alone licensing process (including multi-seat stand-alone) creates a license file, known as a trusted storage file, and a minor change to the computer's file system. The license file and related changes remain on your computer when you uninstall your product. If you reinstall your Autodesk product on the same computer, the license remains valid, without the need for reactivation.
The trusted storage file has a format such as adskflex_00691b00_tsf.data. It contains all activated stand-alone licenses on the computer. If this file is deleted, all licenses must be reactivated. The need for license reactivation can also be triggered by a significant change to the computer hardware or network identity. This occurs because each time a stand-alone product is launched, the system checks a number of attributes of the computer and compares these with values in the trusted storage file. Some of the values compared are as follows:
Some changes to these values are tolerated, but a major change results in a validation failure, and the license must be reactivated. So a change such as replacement of a hard drive or network card can require license reactivation. To prevent a validation failure when changing hardware, use the License Transfer Utility to export the license from the computer before the change, and then import the license back to the computer after the change.
A multi-seat stand-alone license allows you to use a single serial number and product key to run one or more Autodesk products on a specified number of computers. As with a single stand-alone license, products activate automatically when started for the first time if an Internet connection is available, and if the serial number and product key combination is registered correctly with Autodesk.
A multi-seat stand-alone license can be deployed efficiently to multiple computers on a network from an image created by the Create Deployment option in the installer.
For more information about multi-seat stand-alone installation and deployments, see the Network Administrator's Guide , or go to www.autodesk.com/licensing.