Re: SPSS ver 15 on Win 7

Posted by Stan Gorodenski on Jun 08, 2013; 6:00am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/SPSS-ver-15-on-Win-7-tp5720640p5720641.html

p.s., just to clarify. When I said it generates a new lock code every
time I reboot the computer, that is exactly what it does. I don't have
to launch SPSS. It generates a new code just by rebooting the computer.
Either something in SPSS or maybe something in Win 7 is initiating this
action.
Stan

On 6/7/2013 10:53 PM, Stan Gorodenski wrote:

> Hello,
> Some time ago I had asked if anyone knew if ver 15 would run on a Win
> 7 64-bit machine. Jon Peck tried it out and it ran, but I remember
> getting a private message from someone else who said they are running
> ver 15 on Win 7. Could that person get back to me? I installed SPSS
> ver 15 on my new Lenovo Win 7 Pro 64-bit laptop but cannot get a
> license that will take. When I enter the authorization code it
> licenses SPSS and my programs will run, but when I power down the
> laptop and reboot, it loses the license code. If I enter the
> authorization code again, it will again work, but when I reboot it
> again loses the license. It is my understanding that the license code
> is tied to the lock code. However, I discovered that everytime I
> reboot the lap top a new lock code is generated. As a result, the
> license code is no longer in sync with the lock code and so SPSS will
> not run. It comes up with a message saying the product is not
> licensed. It seems the way to resolve this is to prevent SPSS from
> generating a new lock code everytime I reboot. Does anyone know if
> this can be done? Does anyone know why it is generating a new lock
> code everytime the computer is rebooted?
> Stan

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