ye i am downloading the demo from this site, but i want to get a license so i dont have the trial version. can anyone help out.
thanks
Another option is to buy the dongle that rockwell sells and lock the activation to the dongle. This will make it portable between work and home.
Be willing to bet at 3AM in the morning when a freak processor glitch strikes in the middle of production (note: this would only happen because you took the activation home), and they can't download the new program because........Or your black lab eats the dongle.
Someone's job just became portable as well.
Be willing to bet at 3AM in the morning when a freak processor glitch strikes in the middle of production (note: this would only happen because you took the activation home), and they can't download the new program because........Or your black lab eats the dongle.
Someone's job just became portable as well.
A nice trick you might consider is to use VMware Workstation to create a virtual Windows XP machine. Take a snapshot of the VM before installing the demo. Then install the demo and use it. After the trial expires revert to the snapshot and reinstall the demo. Not the best solution but since there isn't a "student" version, it will work.
Of course you have to have VMware Workstation which is not free although they do have a trial version that can have the trial period extended multiple times.
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You have to apply a pinch of common sense to any advice given or received. I have no idea how many licenses the OP's company has if just 1 on site then no he should not take it home under any circumstance.
It's all about the visible dollar sign. You probably just described most companies. I've never had the luxury of working for a company that truly saw maintenance as an asset. They are simply a necessity and they give them no more than absolutely required. Try explaining why you need another backup laptop at $8000 a pop, loaded.(couldn't find an emoticon for tap dancing). Now try explaining why they should add another line at a cool 1 million:beerchug:. Typically, an IT policy should prohibit software and recipes from leaving the premises. External P&P storage is prohibited and group policy prevents it's usage. This is a great policy. I have seen too many idiots bring in flash drives from home and infect the entire network. How many people actually log on to their computer at home as a user? Malware gets a free for all because almost everyone uses an admin account because of the extra effort involved with using the "run as". A virus on your computer at home is an inconvenience, at work, it could result in a huge monetary loss due to downtime trying to contain it. Most Anti-virus software (did someone say Symantec?) only gives a false sense of security and wasted MIPS.Situations like you describe happen primarily in companies that try to run their maintenance dept by the seat of the pants and fail to realize the value of their maintenance dept and invest in it accordingly until they have a situation such as you desribed. Even then some don't learn their lesson.
It is funny hove many companies can't invest in a additional software license / laptop/ tools/etc. but they can take the management team out to lunch twice a week,provide company cars,etc.
As my grandfather used to say many just have their priorities mixed up.