Topic by iPeaks

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Topic: Pianoteq license deactivation on a Linux virtual machine

Hi all.  I currently have activated the maximum permitted three installations of Pianoteq, one on the laptop computer I use at work, and two on my personal home laptop.

Of these last two, I have one 64-bit installation running under Windows 7, and on the same computer I've installed VMWare Player (a virtual machine platform) where I've been running 32-bit Ubuntu Linux to try it out a different OS.  I've installed the Linux version of Pianoteq on this virtual machine and activated my third Pianoteq license to use it.  I'm still working on getting it up and running properly but that's another topic for another day.

I'm enjoying working with Linux and have just about decided that I'm ready to install it as an application running under Windows 7 using the Windows installer and with the Windows Boot Manager providing dual boot-functionality.  I plan on going this route because I don't want to go through the hassle of re-partioning my hard drive at this point.

So, that brings me to my question.  Pianoteq is very adamant about not deactivating a license on a particular computer as you'll never be able to reactivate on that computer again, and I certainly don't want to take any chances of not being able to use Pianoteq on my current laptop.

Will I get into trouble if I deactivate Pianoteq on my Ubuntu virtual machine (which, after all is just a virtual computer, not a piece of hardware), install Ubuntu to run dual-boot as described above, install Pianoteq on that, and attempt to activate it?  Or, do I not need to deactivate my Linux copy at all, but simply reinstall it on my now non-virtual Ubuntu system.

Sorry if this was a bit convoluted.  Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.

Reply by creart

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Re: Pianoteq license deactivation on a Linux virtual machine

Hi

I think that if anything is unclear about activating/deactivating, your best bet is contacting Modartt straight away, so if everything might go wrong they know about it and can help you out...

cheers
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Reply by Michael H

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Re: Pianoteq license deactivation on a Linux virtual machine

Hi,

With Windows 7 it's very easy to create a new partition, or shrink your hard drive size, etc.
If you right click on 'Computer' then select 'Manage' from the drop down menu, your hard drive will have options. If you shrink the system drive by x amount, you'll have an unpartitioned segment to which you can install Ubuntu just by inserting the installation disk. Then GRUB will give you a startup option for both systems.

Last edited by Michael H (10-10-2011 01:24)

Reply by tractor_music

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Re: Pianoteq license deactivation on a Linux virtual machine

From what little I have discovered so far it appears that the activation code takes note of your hardware; maybe the CPU, hard disk and BIOS, then generates a key that will work only against that hardware.
Clearly a virtual machine has different "hardware", i.e. it is all virtual, so has different manufacturer's codes, serial numbers, etc.

My "GUESS" is that you could (at least in theory) install many, MANY operating systems on the same hardware and have them regarded as one pianoteq installation BICBW.
This is probably fair, since you can only actually RUN one OS on any individual hardware configuration at a time.

On the other hand each VIRTUAL installation is a separate installation on different virtualware, so every one of them has a different hardware profile (hash total, or whatever they call it).

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I will probably find out a bit more about this tonight, since I will be cloning my hard disk to a larger volume and then swapping the new one in.
If Pianoteq is conscious of my hard disk I will know in a few hours.

Last edited by tractor_music (17-05-2012 20:36)