This page last modified: 23 Feb 2010 11:57:35 AM.
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Licenses and Authorizations
Lockstep's functionality can be tested without a license, so that you can try it out before purchasing. Unlicensed copies of Lockstep will quit after 15 minutes of use.
Lockstep licenses must be both installed and authorized on your computer. You may transfer a standard license from one computer to another by deauthorizing the first computer, and then installing and authorizing the license on the second computer.
These steps are described in detail below.
How to install a Lockstep License
When you purchase a Lockstep license, a license file is sent to the email address you provide during checkout. This license file (which has the file extension "LockstepLicense" or "LockstepLicenseXML") can be installed by double clicking on the file or dragging the file onto the Lockstep application icon.
How to authorize Lockstep on your computer
Once your Lockstep license is installed you must authorize the computer to use that license.
IMPORTANT: You have a grace period between when you install a Lockstep license and when you must authorize the computer. The features unlocked by your license will be fully functional during this grace period. However, the functionality is not permanently unlocked until you authorize the computer. If the grace period expires before you authorize the computer Lockstep will revert to the unlicensed state until it is authorized.
Online authorization
If your computer is connected to the Internet simply go to Lockstep → Licenses and Authorizations and click the Authorize this License button for the license you wish to authorize. Your computer is now fully unlocked and authorized for this license.
Offline authorization
If you use a computer that can not connect to the Internet you can still authorize it to use your Lockstep license.
Go to Lockstep → Licenses and Authorizations and click the Export Offline Authorization Request... button for the license you wish to authorize. Lockstep will prompt you for a location to save the offline Authorization Request.
The offline Authorization Request is a simple HTML file you can open with any browser. It contains instructions on how to use the request. Simply take this file to a network-connected computer and click on the link to download the authorization file for your offline computer. The authorization file will have the file extension "LockstepAuthorization". Transfer this file back to your offline computer and click the Import Offline Authorization... button to authorize this license.
How to deauthorize your Lockstep computer
You must be connected to the Internet to deauthorize a license on your Lockstep computer. Go to Lockstep → Licenses and Authorizations... and press the Deauthorize and Delete this License button for the license you wish to remove. If you wish to reauthorize your computer for that license you must reinstall the original license and reathorize the computer.
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