Occasional "License check could not be Completed!" error

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I heave all the latest updates, but now and than Cubase 12 get stuck on " Content License check"
And after a long time I get the message " License check could not be Completed! "
After “retry” its starting up without any problem - it happens about once a week. ?
What causes this please?

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Hi,

Do you have any content, which is not part of Cubase 12 license? If yes, is the content licensed by Soft-eLicenser or USB-eLicenser?

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Hi Martin
Not sure what you mean by any content thats ‘not part of Cubase 12 license’ ?
I have a lot of other 'stuff’on my pc other than Cubase 12 , but nothing active / not started up.
I still do have Cubase 11 on my pc, and the dongle( USB licenser ) that goes with it plugged in.
So the Usb licenser is still active along with some Soft- elicenser stuff that I don’t use anymore

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Hi,

Did you buy any other sound libraries from Steinberg? Do you use any 3rd party plug-ins (especially with iLok)? Is your iLok/PACE software up to date? Isn’t there any plug-in in the Trial Mode?

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Only the stock Steinberg libraries that came with Cubase- I do have a lot Native instruments libraries All legal stuff and never a problem when using Cubase 11 - but when looking at the startup info, they all load very quickly. Its at the License check part that the problems begin.
As far as I know nothing with ilok/Pace and nothing on trail

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I have had similar issues with getting stuck on “Checking Licenses”. I do have some Halion content that I am guessing is still under the old USB eLicenser, which I have plugged in. The problem occurs off and on with no pattern that I can detect. A bit frustrating as I just keep restarting Cubase and it has eventually gotten past that block.

I am running Cubase 12.0.30 on an iMac. I believe all latest system and Cubase updates are installed.

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I think I solved it.
I have removed “Steinberg Lofi piano”. When starting Cubase 12 it turned out that this was the only vst that still falls under the elicenser/dongle. Booting is now much faster

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I have a couple of Steinberg Halion vst instruments that are, like you, probably the cause. This problem is fairly intermittent. However a more common issue I have getting a message that I have unlicensed content, but Cubase continues running. I have posted this as a separate issue on the forum. I have recently moved the USB eLicenser to a different USB port. I had it on a USB port extender and is now directly connected to my iMac port. Have not seen the problem since, but since the problem was intermittent, I’ll wait on final judgement!

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Worked good for me for a wile, but suddenly the problems back?
it stalls at ; "cubase Version 12.0.40
initializing Content License check of 45contents "
after trying for 30 seconds or so. after that I get the message ;"License check for content could not be completed! Do you want to retry? " When hitting retry its there in a split second !
Its happening about two times a week. The dongle never whas a problem for me …

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This is now happening for me too. In exactly the same way.

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Same has been happening here since all versions of 12, maybe once a week or so. Can’t even be bothered to investigate - not worth it any more.

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I have the same problem with v12.0.50 : “content licence check of 58 contents” and i wait ! Why? Thanks

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Hi,

Do you have the latest update of the Steinberg Activation Manager and eLCC installed, please?

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I’m having the same licence issue with Cubase 12…I restarted the computer then it worked but it happened again… it looks like it’ll continue interrupting…

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This happens to me about once a week in Windows. What I found is that if I end the Steinberg License Manager process in TaskMgr, it (usually) sorts itself out.

Although one time, it de-activated all my ‘content’ which took me a while to figure out how to ‘re-activate’.