Student licence key activation

thomasdnil
thomasdnil Altair Community Member
edited February 28 in Community Q&A

Hello, I was trying to activate twin activate using the student license assosiated with my college email, unfortunately the licence provided to me won't work anymore, it turns out I installed the software I needed (twin activate) a couple of weeks ago and the activation did work that time, unfortunately I was forced to format my computer not long after, I retraced the steps I did for the first installation but the student license I got won't work anymore, I get the following error message:

"Error activating License: This license was already activated using a different HostIDs."

Best Answer

  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    Answer ✓

    Your previous license key activation is now deactivated in Altair one, you can now reactivate the student license with the same license key.

    Deactivation and reactivation feature is only if a computer breaks down and is only allowed a few times per user.

    You can deactivate the license from one machine and reactivate in another by yourself if you have access to both machines as per –

    https://community.altair.com/discussion/34280/altair-student-edition-deactivate-from-one-computer-to-activate-in-another-in-the-rare-case-a-computer-is-lost-or-malfunctional#latest

Answers

  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    Answer ✓

    Your previous license key activation is now deactivated in Altair one, you can now reactivate the student license with the same license key.

    Deactivation and reactivation feature is only if a computer breaks down and is only allowed a few times per user.

    You can deactivate the license from one machine and reactivate in another by yourself if you have access to both machines as per –

    https://community.altair.com/discussion/34280/altair-student-edition-deactivate-from-one-computer-to-activate-in-another-in-the-rare-case-a-computer-is-lost-or-malfunctional#latest