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Title: No License?
Post by: N4NV on March 20, 2011, 02:42:18 PM

For some reason all the sudden when I click on the NFS wizard, I get a message that there is no license for NFS.  I double checked and even recopied my WizLic.dat file into the Mach3 directory and I still get the message.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Vince

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: Ron Ginger on March 20, 2011, 09:13:42 PM

Sounds like something is wrong with the license. Are you sure it is correctly named? Windows likes to not display known types, so it might show WizLic without the .dat I saw that once, so I added the .dat, but now the real file name becomes WizLic.dat.dat

If you donyt have a backup of your license file on another machine, then contact support@machsupport.com, they should be able to replace the license.

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: N4NV on March 20, 2011, 10:47:09 PM

I copied the license I received in the original email, WizLic.dat.  What is interesting is that the window that opens says Mach4.

Vince

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: biskits on March 29, 2011, 11:02:48 PM

It looks like I'm having the same problem. I'm able to access the Wizards OK and make my changes, but when I post the code, there is a message "Unlicenced copy etc". I'm running an older version of Mach 3  -  R1.84.001. This last couple of days is the first time that I have used a Wizard, it worked OK cutting out the circles, but when I wanted a rectangle, that's when the message first appeared.
Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks  Peter

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: Ron Ginger on March 30, 2011, 06:27:25 AM

That is going to have to answered by Brian. The wizard has no control over the license, its read by Mach when the wizard exits and the code is replaced by the message.

Ill talk to Brian about it.

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: biskits on March 30, 2011, 12:47:11 PM

OK thanks. In the meantime I'll uninstalll and reinstall to see if that makes a difference.

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: biskits on March 30, 2011, 10:45:57 PM

That made no difference. I've uninstalled, re-installed and made sure the license was sitting in the same folder. Mach knows it's a licensed copy because my name is shown when I click on "Help - about". I'm stumped.

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: Ron Ginger on March 30, 2011, 11:02:07 PM

There are two licenses needed. Mach1Lic.dat is the mach license. It will show up in the help about box.

WizLIc.dat is only for the Newfangled wizards. The help box know nothing about it. If you do not have it you can run the wizards, see the code, but when you return to Mach from the wizard the code is deleted and you get the message in the code window about unlicensed wizard.

Are we talking about the the right license here?

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: biskits on March 31, 2011, 12:11:54 AM

Thank you Ron, that sorted that out pretty quickly, for me anyway.

Sorry Vince, I seem to have hijacked your thread a bit.

Cheers

Peter

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: andrewm on March 31, 2011, 08:49:01 AM

The mach4 only means its revision 4 of the mach3 series. It doesn't impact the wizards in a way, if you wizlic.dat file doesn't let you run the wizards.

Vince, what version of Mach3 are you running?

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: N4NV on March 31, 2011, 10:29:02 PM

Version R3.042.038.  It was working fine, and just stopped working.  The file is still in the proper directory.  The only thing I can think of is Windows 7 made some change on a recent update that screws up the part of Mach that checks for the license file. 

Vince

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: andrewm on April 01, 2011, 09:12:29 AM

Try restoring back a week and seeing if it still has an issue.

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: N4NV on April 01, 2011, 07:05:29 PM

Quote from: AndrewM on April 01, 2011, 09:12:29 AM

Try restoring back a week and seeing if it still has an issue.

Restoring what?  Windows 7 or Mach?  I just checked my Window 7 restore option and it only goes back to March 23rd.  I first noticed the problem a week or two before that.

Vince

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: andrewm on April 02, 2011, 04:20:17 PM

Can you take a screen shot of the mach3 folder with the licenses in view please?

Thanks

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: N4NV on April 02, 2011, 09:58:36 PM

Here you go.
Vince

Title: Re: No License?
Post by: andrewm on April 05, 2011, 09:34:01 AM

Thanks Vince, I just needed to verify :)
Two Things:
1. Have you installed any new programs since you noticed the issue?
2. Can you update to the current lockdown version and tell me if it is still happening?

Thanks


*EDIT:
Programs, Drivers, Plugins, Ect...
Are you seeing this with just the NFS Wizards or also the regular license as well(Mach3 running in Demo Mode)?