How do you deactivate your modules if computer is broken?

[Dudester22]

Can anyone tell me how you deactivate your DCS modules if your computer is broken? I need to build another one and install DCS on that.

[HiJack]

Register a support incident.

[BIGNEWY]

If you can no longer login or run that machine you have lost 1 activation on each module.

 

Just install fresh on the new machine and activate again.

[Dudester22]

If you can no longer login or run that machine you have lost 1 activation on each module.

 

Just install fresh on the new machine and activate again.

 

And if I do get chance to login? How do I deactivate them again?

[sobek]

run protect.exe

[BIGNEWY]

using A-10c as an example but all modules can be done this way

 

DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\A-10C\bin

 

 

double click the A10_protect and it will bring up the dialogs for activating or deactivating

 

Bare in mind if you have made hardware changes its a different story.

 

sniped by sobek :)

[SkateZilla]

???

 

https://proactive.star-force.com/2.0/deactivate.php

[BitMaster]

Hey there,

 

I had the same question(s) and from what I got told it works like this:

 

A:

You have a PLANNED change of PC or Core Components, then DEACTIVATE as told above and the license will be revoked. You do not loose your license.

 

B:

Things happen and your VGA card broke, your drive got mad at you or your board is done from one day to another: You loose 1 license out of your 10.

If you did swop a graphic card, get the old one back in if it still works, revoke as told above and then insert new card again and activate again, you dont loose anything this way, just if your old card is fried and wont work, or board needs to be replaced....well, most likely you will loose 1 out of 10.

 

So what happens when you get down to 1 license left total ?

 

Well, as far as I understood it, from that point in time on ED will REISSUE a license every month to you so you ALWAYS have 1 license available to activate. The only bad thing would be if you crash twice in 30 days time and the renewal is still 14 days to go. I would contact ED in that case and kindly ask for help.

 

 

ED, correct me if I understood it wrong and telling this fellow mate some BS :)

 

 

Bit

[Weta43]

"just if your old card is fried and wont work, or board needs to be replaced....well, most likely you will loose 1 out of 10."

 

There's some threshold, and I'm pretty sure (because I just changed my video card & didn't appear to lose an activation) it's higher than a video card.

If your motherboard goes, you lose 1 activation (it's essentially a new computer)

If just your video card goes, you don't lose an activation

[cichlidfan]

There's some threshold, and I'm pretty sure (because I just changed my video card & didn't appear to lose an activation) it's higher than a video card.

 

From the Quick Start Guide:

An activation will be required if the hardware/software changes exceed 12 points as

rated below:

• CPU ID: 13

• Windows PID: 3

• Computer Name: 3

• Hard drive volume serial number: 3

• MAC address: 6

• RAM amount: 6

[crazyeddie]

From the Quick Start Guide:

 

And if there are no buttons in Start/Eagle Dynamics/DCS World, - What then ?

 

All I have in there are 2 document folders.

 

Been asking this question for months with no response from anyone in ED !!!!!!

[cichlidfan]

And if there are no buttons in Start/Eagle Dynamics/DCS World, - What then ?

 

You can execute the updater manually at a command prompts. Here are some instructions:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030