Soft-eLicenser failure after GFX card change

Cubase
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Just changed my GFX card today and upon launching Cubase (any version) I get this:

“Your system finger print is not valid anymore.
The systems’ hardware configuration has been changed!
Soft-eLicenser ‘SeL Nr. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX’ and stored licenses have been disabled.
Hardware eLicensers are not affected!”

I press OK and then I get this

“Soft-eLicenser ‘SeL Nr. xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxx’ and stored licenses have been disabled.
Hardware eLicensers are not affected!”

My Cubase license is on a hardware dongle thankfully so is not affected and Cubase opens fine.

I cannot even remember if I have any active licenses on the Soft-eLicenser at this time, but I’m not prepared to do what is suggested somewhere and just delete the Soft part of the licenser.

I’ve read this thread:

and this:

https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/knowledgebase_new/show_details/kb_show/program-installation-does-not-create-a-soft-elicenser/

…and followed all the suggestions including uninstalling and reinstalling the latest version of the eLicenser from the eLicenser site here:

It doesn’t help.

I’ve tried to do the repair function in the menus, but it is greyed out permanently.

Routine maintenance of the databases doesn’t help, nor does reboot.

My Cubase is working but I have an ugly message every time I lauch it warning me of this failure, and I don’t like licensing software going ape on me, so does anyone know the solution to fix this?

Regards,

2

I finally found the solution to this for both PC and Mac:

Hope this helps someone to have less hassle than I had!

Cheers,

3

Thanks for the heads up! Haven’t had the issue but sure was wondering what the solution would be.

Seems like ancient technology when a simple hardware change (very common) should throw its world into free fall.

Thanks again!!!

4

So after specifying in your first post that you weren’t prepared to delete the soft licenser you finally found the solution to delete the soft elicenser. :wink:

5

Yes, the difference being that I was able to look at the registrations at Steinberg.net and see that I had no licenses on the Soft-eLicenser, so deleting it was not a problem. :slight_smile: