Cloning computers with LabView installed?

[Redgomes]

Hello everyone,,

I am a tech that has to upgrade 12 Windows 7 computers to Windows 10 Pro. I have never worked with LabView before. Can I just upgrade one computer to Windows 10 Pro, pull an image, then use that image on the other 11 computers or will this FUBAR LabView? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

RedG.

[wiebe@CARYA]

The licensing might be a problem. The license is linked to a few HW serial numbers. So if you clone, you might need re-activation.

[billko]

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wiebe@CARYA wrote:

The licensing might be a problem. The license is linked to a few HW serial numbers. So if you clone, you might need re-activation.

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Maybe you clone the computer with an unlicensed version, and the user will need to activate it themselves?

[RTSLVU]

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@billko wrote:

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wiebe@CARYA wrote:

The licensing might be a problem. The license is linked to a few HW serial numbers. So if you clone, you might need re-activation.

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Maybe you clone the computer with an unlicensed version, and the user will need to activate it themselves?

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I believe this would be the least problematic method. 

Just install everything on the first machine but leave LabVIEW in "Evaluation mode", clone it, and then let the end users activate it with their licence when they receive it.  

[wiebe@CARYA]

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@RTSLVU wrote:

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@billko wrote:

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wiebe@CARYA wrote:

The licensing might be a problem. The license is linked to a few HW serial numbers. So if you clone, you might need re-activation.

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Maybe you clone the computer with an unlicensed version, and the user will need to activate it themselves?

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I believe this would be the least problematic method. 

Just install everything on the first machine but leave LabVIEW in "Evaluation mode", clone it, and then let the end users activate it with their licence when they receive it.  

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Unless there's a chance to get volume licensing? Not sure how many licenses you need to get volume licensing. Setting up the volume licensing and than cloning might work.

Perhaps OP can get back to let us know if licensing is a problem?

[RTSLVU]

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wiebe@CARYA wrote:

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@RTSLVU wrote:

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@billko wrote:

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wiebe@CARYA wrote:

The licensing might be a problem. The license is linked to a few HW serial numbers. So if you clone, you might need re-activation.

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Maybe you clone the computer with an unlicensed version, and the user will need to activate it themselves?

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I believe this would be the least problematic method. 

Just install everything on the first machine but leave LabVIEW in "Evaluation mode", clone it, and then let the end users activate it with their licence when they receive it.  

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Unless there's a chance to get volume licensing? Not sure how many licenses you need to get volume licensing. Setting up the volume licensing and than cloning might work.

Perhaps OP can get back to let us know if licensing is a problem?

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We are on a VLM here and honestly it's more trouble than it's worth.

But it saves our company a hundred dollars or so a year on SSP per user... (I think we have 6 LabVIEW users)