Good day to you all. There is a lot of information on this topic, but so far it has proven difficult to get aa clear method of solving my issue. I am looking to find a way of using the EVRSI activation method to get RSLogix 5000 v16.04 - v20 installed on my laptop with an OS that can handle all 8gb of installed RAM. I did it 10 years ago, and I thought it was with a master disk, but when I try to install it now is says, "Master disk activation not available on 64 bit...".
I purchased a copy of RSLogix v20.00.00 about ten years ago. The license is good for every version up to v24, but only for one machine. Which is fine, I am just one person. I used a master disk to activate it, and never bothered to transfer the license as I had the Activation certificate with the serial number and the product key.
Note: v20.00.00 is the LAST version of RSLogix 5000 that can be activated by a master disk with EVRSI activation.
Well, my programming laptop is no longer functional, so I am working on getting RSLogix installed on another machine. The machine I was using before was a Dell with a Celeron processor and 4gb of RAM running Windows 7 64 bit. I got another Dell of the same model, only this one has a Core 2 Duo 9800 processor and 8gb of RAM, also running Windows 7 64 bit. My problem is that when I go to activate it I get the message, "Master Disk Activation not available with 64 bit systems", or something of that nature. I don't know how the heck I was able to activate v20 on my 64 bit system 10 years ago.
First, let me say that I am a Bona Fide purchaser of this product, and have a legitimate license. However, since I never transferred the license, and the company that sold the program to me cannot be located, I cannot get any help from Rockwell. They want to charge me $400 for a TechConnect subscription which I really do not want to pay. Which is why I am looking for help activating it another way. The way I see it I have three options:
1. Install Windows 7 32 bit, then install the RSLogix 5000 versions that I want. Copy the license files. Install Windows 7 64 bit, then the RSLogix 5000 versions that I want on the 64 bit OS. Then overwrite all the license files with the ones copied from the 32 bit Windows 7 installation. If the EVRSI method uses the HDD serial number as the ID for the license then I think that may work...but I don't know what piece of hardware in the computer the EVRSI activation attaches to the license. What do you folks think, will this work?
2. Bite the bullet and just use a 32 bit OS. I don't like that idea because I will be using less than half of my installed RAM.
3. Use a VM running under a 64 bit OS. If I install a 32 bit OS in a VM running inside a computer running a 64 bit OS, will the 32 bit VM be able to address all 8gb of RAM? If not, seems like I would be better off just using a 32 bit OS.
4. Option X - There is one other option, which may be what I did ten years ago, and I'm not sure it will even work. If it does work it may be the only time I can do it, and that is to activate it with FT online via Rockwell's servers. As I said, my license is only good for one machine. It may be that I have already used it, or the previous owner already used it, and it will not work at all. Or, if it DOES work, it may be the only time that it does, and if I screw up the installation somehow I may not be able to use the FT activation again without a TechConnect sub. Does anyone know if after a number of years Rockwell allows for single computer licenses to be activated again?
Obviously I want to go with option one and just get RSLogix running on a 64 bit OS. Can anyone think of a way to do this somehow? Any other way than the options I listed above? Any insight is MOST appreciated.
Thanks for reading!