Once you have On-Screen Takeoff installed, in order to use the full features of your program, such as the ability to perform takeoff, make changes to conditions or master items and change quantities, you must have a valid license. This is known as being authorized or authorization.
When you are not authorized you will see a message in the bottom right corner of your program saying no license.
Licensing Checklist:
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Your Client ID - a unique ten digit number provided by On Center Software that identifies your customer record. If you do not know your Client ID, check the packaging that came with your software or contact your Account Manager or Support
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Your Dongle - a hardware device that serves as copy protection for certain software by rendering the software inoperable when the device is not plugged into a USB port (example below)
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The installation media or downloaded installer files for the Sentinel Protection Driver (dongle)
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Internet access in order to retrieve licensing information from On Center Software
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Local Administrator rights to the machine on which you are installing the product - if you are installing on Vista or Windows 7, you will be required to provide approval to run the installer - only an Administrator will be able to approve this operation. For more information about Windows Security, visit www.microsoft.com/windows
Next, install the driver for the dongle