C6 Trial Problems

Cubase
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So I downloaded the C6 trial. Basically want to see how things run in 64-bit before I decide to upgrade. Some problems though. For wahtever reason, I cannot activate the trial. STart up Cubase and enter the activation code I received for the trial and it says that activation was successful, yet next time I open cubase, it says its not activated and that I have 1 day left on the trial. Whats the deal? I can only think that the activation code I received is from my registered steinberg account but I am activating on an e-licenser that is someone else’s (ie. myslef and my boss both own C5).

In any case, the other major problem is that I cannot save any templates? I am only using Kontakt 4 and Omnipshere, both of which presented no problems in C5 templates. When I try nothing at all happens. The dialogue comes up, I enter the template name and nothing. Is this a trial limitation or indicative of template issues in cubase 6? Note I am running C6 in 64-bit mode

Thanks
System: Mac Pro Core Duo 2.8, 16gb, OSX 10.6.5 etc etc.

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Not precisely sure what’s up, but there are a couple things to try…

Update the elicenser app,

Download the 6.0.2 update

Hide the C5 prefs folder from 6 (change it’s name temporarily)

(Delete C6 prefs if they did get created.)

Good luck…

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Hello Atardecer,

The license activation and the software registration are two independent things.
Just click on “already registered” in the registration box.
Regarding the license: Can you post a screenshot of your License Control Center? (but pixelate/delete the numbers).

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Hi there,

Yes its not the registration, but definitely the activation. Basically it is now working. When I open the license control centre the license correctly displays that I have 28 days left. However when I open cubase it still tells me I have 1 day left and I have three options "start cubase 6 artist’, ‘activate license (or something like that)’ and ‘start cubase 6’. But I can open cubase 6 and it works no worries, so even though the dialog still appears and tells me I have 1 day left, it has been working for 3 days now.

As per the template problems thanks for the tip - hiding the cubase 5 prefs and trashing cubase 6 prefs has got it working.

Thanks,
James

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Don’t worry about it.

I got the same thing. I got the message: “You are running a Cubase 6 trial version. You may use it for another 1 day. Do you want to continue using the trial version?” every time I started Cubase 6.

Then I just clicked - “Continue Cubase 6 trial”, and the full Cubase 6 starts up and is fully functional in all aspects.

I got this message for the whole trial period of 30 days every time I started Cubase. After the trial period was over (as showed in the licener), I clicked once “Start Cubase Artist 6” and removed the thick in front of “Run Cubase trial version at next program start” in File->Preferences->General…

I am not sure what will happen if I re-enable the above thick. I guess I still have a few hours left of the original 1-day trial period. Anyway - the trial period convinced me the upgrade is worth the money, so within a few months my Cubase Artist will be upgraded… :wink: