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Installing Preactor 10.1 or Higher With a Hardware Key

Installing Preactor 10.1 or Higher With a Hardware Key

If Preactor is being installed using a hardware key (either parallel or USB) then nothing needs to be done unless the key is an Aladdin HASP Network key.

Local (Single License) HASP License

During the installation of Preactor the required Aladdin HASP drivers are automatically installed. To use Preactor, the hardware key should be plugged into the computer on which Preactor is installed and as long as the .prcdf settings are correct the software will work. (Right click on the .prcdf file that you use to launch Preactor and select 'Modify With Preactor 10' from the pop up menu, when the 'Command File Editor' loads choose the 'Licenses' tab and set the 'License' to be 'Local' and set the correct Preactor Functionality).

Network HASP License

During the installation of Preactor the same Aladdin HASP drivers are installed as they are for a local install. The difference with this type of installation is that the Aladdin License Manager needs to be installed. The download is available from the Aladdin web site: http://www.aladdin.com/. See the links below.

When the download is complete, extract the contents of the .zip file, run the 'lmsetup.exe'. The Aladdin HASP License Manager software should be installed on the computer where the network license will reside and needs to be running for the licenses to be used. Follow the on screen instructions of the 'HASP License Manager' setup program to complete the installation.

Ensure that the hardware license is plugged into the computer that has 'HASP License Manager' installed. To use a Preactor license, make sure that 'HASP License Manager' is running. You will need to modify the .prcdf file that you use to launch Preactor. To do this right click on the .prcdf file and select the 'Modify With Preactor 10' option, and make sure that the 'Network Hard Key' option is selected in the 'License' section. The correct level of 'Preactor Functionality' should also be set depending on the Preactor system you have purchased.

If you need to run Preactor on a machine that has the network license attached locally, you may need to set up a 'NetHASP.ini' file, please view this article.
If you have multiple network licences installed on the same network, and you want to connect to a specific hardware license, please view this article for more information.

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Last Modified:2nd December 2011
Last Modified By: Dawn Platt
Type: HOWTO
Level: Intermediate
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