LabVIEW Public Beta Program in 2023
Installation and activation issues
So download and install was nice and fast (~20 minutes overall on a clean VM). 😄
Since this is just a LabVIEW beta, I was again appalled by the already checked box to "disable fast startup". This is in a VM and I have no intention to ever use the beta for any hardware. (more a NIPM thing, still worth mentioning. I know that I can probably change that option in NIPM, but if I install the beta on a clean VM, it should not ask me twice in a row during the installation process (once for NIPM installation and again for the products). Maybe there simply should be a checkbox "[x] No, and don't ask me again".)
It seems the default installation includes a lot of products that don't work with the beta license. Why are these even included by default (Yes, I even unchecked some, such as the database stuff). These seem to be Q1. Not sure why they got installed?
The entire activation screen is confusing to begin with. All these products, some might not even be recognized, and the LabVIEW beta activation only after scrolling way down. It would help to have a common field for a serial number on top, and it would just activate what it can. Do you really expect users to enter the same number dozens of times on the same dialog? Tedious!
Maybe the offline ISO could be stripped down from the 2.7GB by only including stuff that works with the beta license.
OK, so if I go to the license manager and click on the 2023 Q1 entry (who would think to do that?), I do see that these items got the same expiration as the beta. Looks like things are OK, but the process is just confusing.
It also looks like the LabVIEW DataFinder Conectivity is being installed regardless. I specifically hit the "Deselect All" at the install options. This toolkit was not even in the options. And I have no clue what that ASAM e.V. DataPlugin for AOP5 is for. These look like things I do not actually need and would not normally install.
I wonder if that's related to upgrading vs clean installing. I did a clean VM install on my end, deselected everything and the only thing it installed was LabVIEW itself.
The dialog box to enter the serial number only had one box to enter the serial number as well.
I thought I did a clean install, while branching from a VM that had the community installed once. However, I gave it a good scrubbing (or so I thought!) and uninstalled everything from NIPM, then uninstalled NIPM, then deleted all NI folders in program files, ...(x86), program data, etc.
Maybe I should have used a pressure washer with sulfuric and chromic acid and reset the OS instead. 😄
@ShockHouse wrote:
I wonder if that's related to upgrading vs clean installing. I did a clean VM install on my end, deselected everything and the only thing it installed was LabVIEW itself.
The dialog box to enter the serial number only had one box to enter the serial number as well.
It could potentially be 32-bit vs 64-bit (I installed 64-bit).
@crossrulz wrote:
@ShockHouse wrote:
I wonder if that's related to upgrading vs clean installing. I did a clean VM install on my end, deselected everything and the only thing it installed was LabVIEW itself.
The dialog box to enter the serial number only had one box to enter the serial number as well.
It could potentially be 32-bit vs 64-bit (I installed 64-bit).
I only did 64bit.
