Topic by MartinGr

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Topic: Changing OS on my NUC > activation questions

Hi,
I have one of my Pianoteq activations on an Intel NUC8, running Windows 11. Because of other reasons, I'd like to set up a dual boot machine - to have Linux/Ubuntu too.
Now I wonder what would happen with my activation, when I install Pianoteq there (and remove it from the Windows partition). What exactly is the activation remembering from my system? Is the windows activation on this machine forever lost, once I've tried it under Linux?
Or is it always the same device, and I just have to reactivate?
(My other two activations are used for my DAW and a Raspberry Pi)

Thanks,
Martin

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Re: Changing OS on my NUC > activation questions

You'll use the same activation slot. Pianoteq detects some hardware ID, you can even use dual boot and the activation will work just fine on both windows and linux. The activation slot is linked to the PC, the operating system doesn't matter.

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Re: Changing OS on my NUC > activation questions

marcos daniel wrote:

You'll use the same activation slot. Pianoteq detects some hardware ID, you can even use dual boot and the activation will work just fine on both windows and linux. The activation slot is linked to the PC, the operating system doesn't matter.

Oh, thank you! That's great, so I can compare which OS works better for me.
Although Windows on a NUC 8 should easily work with Pianoteq, I had some occasional dropouts. And LatencyMon reveals some driver problems.

Regards,
Martin