The main thing to remember is that online activation is not possible if you are using SOLIDWORKS below version 2018 SP 3. You can read more about online license here and here If you switch between a laptop for travel and a desktop computer at work, you might benefit from using Online license, introduced in 2018. If you have two versions of SOLIDWORKS installed you must deactivate the newest version first. This message only appears when you try do deactivate your SOLIDWORKS License. If you receive this error message, please contact your VAR as they need contact SOLIDWORKS to have the number of transfers increased. The deactivation count is, for standalone licenses, 999 as a default to ensure that the license is not misused. Usually this message appears when deactivating your license. This error message means that you have exceeded the standard number of transfers of your license. Your VAR har usually requested this if you have not been able to deactivate it yourself. If SOLIDWORKS disabled your license manually this error message will appear. To have your VAR deactivate your license should only be done as a last resort, as you will not be able to activate the license on the computer again. If your old computer has crashed, and you have no way of opening your old SOLIDWORKS, you should also contact your VAR and they will be able to help you deactivate your license. If you find yourself in a situation where you are unsure what computer the license is active on, please contact your VAR, and they should be able to help you. Check for Updates is not available on clients. In SOLIDWORKS, click > Check for Updates. If you have administrator privileges on the machine, you can run Check for Updates manually: In Windows, click Start > SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager > Check for Updates. In order to remedy this, start your SOLIDWORKS on your old machine, go to “Help”-> “Deactivate License”, and follow the onscreen instructions. Check for Updates looks for later versions of SOLIDWORKS. But the license has not been deactivated on the old machine. ![]() Usually the scenario is that the user has gotten a new PC and has installed SOLIDWORKS on this machine. This is by far the most common error message I receive when working in support. I have also included what you can do yourself and if you need to contact your VAR. In the below section I have listed the most common errors when deactivating or activating your SOLIDWORKS license. While working with SOLIDWORKS support, I have received a lot of phone calls regarding activation errors. If you do this it becomes much easier to identify the issue, if you need to contact your SOLIDWORKS Value Added Reseller (VAR). When the activation error message it is important that you take note of the error message or take a screenshot. However sometimes you will receive an error message. In most cases this goes fine without a hitch. To make it easier to identify and troubleshoot if an activation issue occurs.To ensure that no one is misusing your license.The Activation Manager registers the computer for two reasons: Your computer communicates with the SOLIDWORKS Activation manager when activating and deactivating the SOLIDWORKS license. I will in a later blog post cover the activation and license errors when using SolidNetwork License (SNL) What is standalone activation I will briefly try to go through the four most common activation error messages when using a standalone license. You would typically create a PDF if you wanted to ensure document fidelity, to make it more secure, or to create a copy for storage.This is the first blog post regarding the SOLIDWORKS activation error message. ![]() The download directory must be accessible from the computer on which you are installing SOLIDWORKS products, and it must contain all of the SOLIDWORKS installation files before installation can begin. In the download directory, double-click setup.exe. Creating a PDF can involve compressing a file, making it take up less storage space. Insert the DVD disk into the computer disk drive. They can be viewed on almost all devices. PDF files aren’t typically created from scratch, but are usually converted, saved or ‘printed’ from other documents or images before sharing, publishing online or storing. It is maintained by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO). The PDF format is now a standard open format that isn’t just available under Adobe Acrobat. ![]() The format has evolved to allow for editing and interactive elements like electronic signatures or buttons. It was developed by Adobe so people could share documents regardless of which device, operating system, or software they were using, while preserving the content and formatting. PDF stands for ‘Portable Document Format’ file.
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