My Rockwell activation key has gone belly up and does anyone know if there is a way to repair it?

Thanks

Is it the Key Disk that went bad or the activation on your hard drive?

If it is the activation on the hard drive then you can just reset the Key Disk over the internet at www.rockwellsoftware.com or even just use the disk itself to activate the computer.

To use the Key Disk itself to activate the computer you can just go find the file rocksoft.ini and add (or change) the line keydisk=true. That way when you start the RSLogix software it will first look to the hard drive for the activation and then if it doesn't find one, it will look to the floppy drive for the master (Key) disk. If it finds the master disk then it lets the software load.

If it is the Key Disk itself I don't know that you can repair the disk without altering the special format of the disk. Can you just call Rockwell Tech Support and have them send you a new disk?

OG

If you can access the activation help file, it also details another (very similar) method of activating the computer by using a command called 'checkdrives' - One of our pc's gives an error message if we try to move activation onto it's hard drive, but the software (rslogix5) runs ok with the master disk in the 'a' drive!

You can reset your activation file from the Rockwell Software Web Site or calling Tech Support. having your disk and serial number available.

If you have your key disk, it is easy to 'RESET' the key disk from the internet. However, you can only do this once a year.

If you don't have your key disk, you can call Rockwell and they will send you a replacement disk free of charge, provided you are currently under a support contract.

If you aren't under a support contract, they will gladly reinstate your support agreement for a complete year for a fee.

Good luck.
Pat

I have a licensed version of RSLinx Gateway running on my machine. I lost the master floppy disk. The license was bought from an AB distributor long closed and the license is in the distributor's name. How can I transfer the activation key from my machine to another machine, assuming that both machines CANNOT BE NETWORKED? I know it is possible if the machines are networked or the hard disk of the receipient machine is connected as secondary to the machine with the activation key. I have another master disk that contained the activation key for RSLogix 5.

Everything what you need to move activation is any Rockwell master floppy. In this floppy you can find file called Evmove.exe, which is copy protection software, by AZ-Tech. Run this file and move activation of RSLinx from C:drive to A: You’ll see that on A: drive that you have 2 activation – one for RSLogic (or whatever you using) and another for RSLinx. By the way – I believe that making a BACKUP COPY from this floppy is absolutely legal. AZ-Tech using specially formatted sectors (8912 bits) to prevent duplication of the floppy. Modern Dupe programs like WinImage can copy floppy at any existing format.

Hi Gennady, thanks for the reply, but you are wrong in saying that any Master disk can be used to move the activation keys. I am reproducing below a part of the help file
'Cannot Recall Product Key
You will see this message if the destination drive is a Master Disk, but not the Master Disk for the selected product.
Note If the destination drive contains a Master Disk, EvMove will only move products and serial numbers that were originally on that disk.'.
Please see the picture below, you can see that only RSLinx key is movable, because the Master disk was for RSLinx only.