EVRSI activation on 64 bit computers.

Hey guys, We only have the old style floppy disk activation for RSLogix and need to buy a new laptop. We were looking at toughbooks, but I believe these are all 64 bit computers.

I tried one time to get the activation to work on a 64 bit computer and it failed to transfer. Has anyone experimented with this?

RSLogix will run if the floppy disk is in the drive. Just need to find a way to transfer it to a 64 bit computer.

Upgrading to factorytalk is just not an option right now. I wish it were.

Also, Im not sure if its the 64 bit operating system, or the 64 bit hardware that is causing the problem. Maybe both. I wonder would it work if I just get the 64 bit processor/motherboard, but have a 32 bit version of windows installed?

Thanks guys

A 32 bit version of Windows will run on a 64 bit platform, but you will not be able to use any memory above approximately the 3.5GB mark, so anything over that is essentially wasted.

VMWare, and Windows Virtual Machine will both run on a 64 bit OS, and you can install 32 bit operating systems as virtual machines on either (I'd strongly suggest this route).

Rockwell activation, well, just plain bites. I think Rockwell and Siemens compete for the industries WORST activation methods.

Well I actually planned on putting XP 32 bit on the computer as I have a whole bunch of software that will run on XP, but prob not Vista/Windows 7.

The VMware, sounds expensive and like a lot of work. Correct me if I am wrong there.

If I did install XP, do you think the activation would transfer correctly? Thats my main concern. We only planned on getting a laptop with 4GB of memory, so losing a little bit wont affect us much. Much better than the 256MB we are currently dealing with sigh.

Thanks for your response.

See Knowledgebase below.

http://rockwellautomation.custhelp....SI activation on 64 bit computers/r_id/115100

mutabi said:

Well I actually planned on putting XP 32 bit on the computer as I have a whole bunch of software that will run on XP, but prob not Vista/Windows 7.

The VMware, sounds expensive and like a lot of work. Correct me if I am wrong there.

If I did install XP, do you think the activation would transfer correctly? Thats my main concern. We only planned on getting a laptop with 4GB of memory, so losing a little bit wont affect us much. Much better than the 256MB we are currently dealing with sigh.

Thanks for your response.

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Most of Rockwell Software officially requires XP SP2 to run properly. Unofficially, people have been using XP SP3 with some workarounds. No reason your activation would not transfer to XP. No reason to be concerned about 64 bit hardware. A lot of us are running on it now.

The VMWare can be completely free if necessary. Get the free VMWare player and use one of the websites that generates a virtual machine for you. If you use it a lot, the price of the VMWare Workstation is very reasonable. Do a little reading, it's worth the time.

rdrast said:

Rockwell activation, well, just plain bites. I think Rockwell and Siemens compete for the industries WORST activation methods.

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No one has come up with a protection scheme yet that doesn't punish the legitimate users of the software way more than the people who would ignore the copyright. For the most part, a cracked version without the protection scheme or a keygen is only a google search away. In the end, the protection is mostly ineffective. The hassle for the legitimate users is however, very real.

Ok here is what I have come up with. I can successfully activate my copy of RSlogix on a 64 bit Windows 7 computer using the old EVRSI floppy disk activation. All done legally.

I needed a copy of UBCD4WIN, and a legal Windows XP CD. These are used to create a Windows XP 32 bit Live CD( a version of windows that is run from a cd, and runs from memory, very useful for fixing computers).

In addition, you will need to copy the activation from the floppy to a USB thumbdrive using Rockwells EMOVECF application which is downloadable from their website. This has to be done on a 32 bit computer.

Once its on the thumbdrive, you need to boot into the live cd version of Windows xp, and use EMOVEW to move the activation from the thumbdrive to the hard drive. Reboot into Windows 7 and game ball.

Thats useful information to share thanks for letting us know

mellis said:

No one has come up with a protection scheme yet that doesn't punish the legitimate users of the software way more than the people who would ignore the copyright.....

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This has been true, and probably will always be true, for any sort of licensing, copy protection or digital rights management. iTunes anyone???? Fortunately most of their stuff is now DRM free, but I hated iTunes and refused to use it because of DRM.

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I think Rockwell is starting to catch on to the fact a majority of us end users are tired of there . I had this issue and contacted them via phone support and had a positive experience:beerchug:. Received an email afterwards and took survey to explain to them that I have over 100 Micrologix controllers I will be replacing with Omron CJ series PLC. I have experienced so many difficulties :angrver the years with there products. Every chance I get, I get rid of there products for something else with less issues and less cost