Student license deactivation

Niccolò Bechini
Niccolò Bechini Altair Community Member
edited September 19 in Community Q&A

Hi, I have no longer access to my previous laptop and I need to deactivate my student license to use it on my new pc. Can I disactivate it from my Altair One profile? Thank you

Answers

  • Suhas Ambekar
    Suhas Ambekar
    Altair Employee
    edited May 29

    Hi,

    To deactivate your license from your previous computer, please follow these steps: 

    1. Navigate to System (C:) > Program Files > Altair > 2023 > security > bin > win64 > gui. 
    2. Locate and double-click on almutil_gui.exe to open the Altair License Utility. 
    3. In the Altair License Utility, go to Tools > Deactivate License. 
    4. Enter the activation key in the provided box and click on 'Deactivate.' (Refer to the image below) 
    5. Once you have successfully deactivated the license on your computer, you can now activate the license on your other computer using the same activation key. 
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    NOTE:Please note that there are a limited number of chances to deactivate and reactivate a license. Therefore, it's advisable to avoid deactivating it several times. 

     

  • Suhas Ambekar
    Suhas Ambekar
    Altair Employee
    edited May 30

    Hi,

    To deactivate your license from your previous computer, please follow these steps: 

    1. Navigate to System (C:) > Program Files > Altair > 2023 > security > bin > win64 > gui. 
    2. Locate and double-click on almutil_gui.exe to open the Altair License Utility. 
    3. In the Altair License Utility, go to Tools > Deactivate License. 
    4. Enter the activation key in the provided box and click on 'Deactivate.' (Refer to the image below) 
    5. Once you have successfully deactivated the license on your computer, you can now activate the license on your other computer using the same activation key. 
    6. A screenshot of a computer  Description automatically generated

    NOTE:Please note that there are a limited number of chances to deactivate and reactivate a license. Therefore, it's advisable to avoid deactivating it several times. 

     

    Hi,

    Your license has been deactivated in the old system. You should now be able to activate the student license in the new system. Please try to activate the license and let me know if it works.

    Kindly register on Altair One using your official university email ID here - https://admin.altairone.com/register and follow the steps mentioned on this webpage - https://web.altair.com/altair-student-edition#license-activation to access products on Altair One Marketplace, which is included in the Student Edition Bundle. 

    You can also follow this video to get access to the student edition bundle on the Altair One marketplace and successfully activate the license using the activation key -
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4_-4MZNF7Y

    Also, follow the additional steps mentioned on this website to activate the license for PSIM, Flux, and RapidMiner/AI Studio - https://web.altair.com/altair-student-edition 

    Please use Altair Community (https://community.altair.com/community) for any further queries, concerns, issues, or technical support