I tried to swap my vectorworks serial number with a colleague's, as I'm running fundamentals and my colleague runs landmark. As my colleague is on holiday for a few weeks, I thought I could just swap the serial numbers over to allow me to use the landmark features on my own machine over this period.
I swapped the serial number successfully by removing my own serial number, adding my colleague's, and restarting vectorworks, but on activation of my colleague's serial number I have the error message below, stating that Vectorworks can't be activated due to being on too many machines.
I understand the reason for this, but my problem is now I can't revert to my previous serial number - as I can't open Vectorworks, to get to the serial number options to change it back! Vectorworks won't open without activation, which I can't do. Does anyone have any ideas? Can I assign my old serial number prior to opening Vectorworks so that it can activate properly again? I now can't open Vectorworks at all on my own machine.
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lisagravy
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I tried to swap my vectorworks serial number with a colleague's, as I'm running fundamentals and my colleague runs landmark. As my colleague is on holiday for a few weeks, I thought I could just swap the serial numbers over to allow me to use the landmark features on my own machine over this period.
I swapped the serial number successfully by removing my own serial number, adding my colleague's, and restarting vectorworks, but on activation of my colleague's serial number I have the error message below, stating that Vectorworks can't be activated due to being on too many machines.
I understand the reason for this, but my problem is now I can't revert to my previous serial number - as I can't open Vectorworks, to get to the serial number options to change it back! Vectorworks won't open without activation, which I can't do. Does anyone have any ideas? Can I assign my old serial number prior to opening Vectorworks so that it can activate properly again? I now can't open Vectorworks at all on my own machine.
Any advice much appreciated.
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