[RESOLVED] License change on Windows 10 upgrade

[tartaki]

It's likely that many of us will upgrade to Win 10, since it's free, pretty sane (compared to Win 8) and just installs over Win 7/8 without trouble. I just did.
However, the machine id for DGIndexNV changes upon this upgrade. We can use the license generator, of course, but it will increment the count, which is not entirely fair in this case.. No big deal for me (I use DGIndexNV on just one box for now) but it might be for some.
Just saying...

[admin]

My policy is and has always been to reset people to 0 if and when they run out of licenses.

[tartaki]

Good to know. Thanks, Donald!

[admin]

You're welcome, tartaki. I aim to please.

[hydra3333]

I installed Win10 too, and found that I needed a new license.
I had an old userID which has exceeded its limit. Luckily I had a second userID (a separate donation? I don't recall) and used that this time.
I decided to donate again anyway, since I use the NV product a *lot*
Thank you.

(as an aside - Win10 is not 100% compatible prior windows versions ; some VPN connections decide to cease functioning ... install Win10 AYOR).

[admin]

Thanks for the info and donation, hydra3333!

[Guest 2]

I upgrade every fast internal Windows 10 build and everytime have to recreate license.

Any way to get it indipendent from system build?

[admin]

Theoretically it should be independent as long as there is a good usable motherboard serial number. If not, then it defaults to something else that is not independent.

The problem for me is that it is very difficult to test these things because I would have to test the same motherboard with different Windows versions installed, and that is impractical.

EDIT: A bug was found that explains the invalid license on Windows upgrade. See later in this thread.

[Guest 2]

Theoretically it should be independent as long as there is a good usable motherboard serial number. If not, then it defaults to something else that is not independent.

The problem for me is that it is very difficult to test these things because I would have to test the same motherboard with different Windows versions installed, and that is impractical.

Jump over fast build wagon There's at least a build every 2 weeks.

[admin]

I don't understand what you are saying. What is "fast build wagon"? What has builds every two weeks?

[Guest 2]

I don't understand what you are saying. What is "fast build wagon"? What has builds every two weeks?

On Windows 10, there is the possibility to get Insider subscription and get every incremental build Microsoft releases.
For every build, I have to recreate license, dunno why.

[Guest 2]

Are you working as a tester for Microsoft's OS or are you just masochistic by nature?

I have a test machine I use to "test" different software interactions.
Having problems with CUDA and OpenCL interactions, I hope some build will fix this issue.

[admin]

KNLMeansCL avisynth plugin used in a script with DGDecNV.

[admin]

Yes, wasn't it obvious?

[admin]

I suppose Guest 2 made a typo.

[admin]

I just found a

in my licensing code that explains the bad license on Windows changes. I was incorrectly querying the motherboard serial number.

[admin]

OK, I slip-streamed the new version. You'll have to make a new license, theoretically the last you will ever need with that motherboard.

[Guest 2]

OK, I slip-streamed the new version. You'll have to make a new license, theoretically the last you will ever need with that motherboard.

Great. I'll test it ASAP and tell you on next Win10 iteration build.

[Guest 2]

I suppose Guest 2 made a typo.

Indeed.