new activation when out of office

[Yamaeda]

I just saw http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&thread.id=391054 and realized i have a similar question/problem.

Last week i brought my laptop to a customer to fix some code where it's used, and then LV started hollering about Product Activation. Should i just activate as i get back to the office and get Internet connection again, or what's up?

/Y

[CharlieRodway]

Hi Yamaeda,

Do you only see this problem when you take your laptop off the network in the office?  It may be that your laptop is looking for a licence server on the network.  You can check this by going to NI Licence Manager >> Options >> Preferences and checking if "Use Network License Servers" is ticked.

[GerdW]

Hi Y,

did you switch off (aka "disable") the network port used when activating LabView? LV may also complain for new activation when the network connection is disabled as it (wrongly) detects a different computer setup...

[Yamaeda]

I dont disable my network, but as it's a laptop it might disable itself. It did give a message which sounded like a new computer setup.

I dont use a livense server, according to my license manager.

/Y