Finding the serial number for an installed copy of Labview 6.1

[John Stimson]

I have a copy of Labview 6.0 (Full Development System) and also Labview 6.1.  I was able to find the serial number label in the package for version 6.0, but not for 6.1.  I do have 6.1 installed and working on my workstation.  Is it possible to determined the serial number for an installed copy of LabView?

Would the serial number for version 6.1 be the same as the serial number for version 6.0 that I upgraded from?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Go to Help>About LabVIEW. Your serial number should be displayed there.

[John Stimson]

That's what I expected, however the window that pops up when I select Help->About LabVIEW contains only the following information:

LABVIEW 6.1
TCP Server inactive
Memory Allocated: 13296K
Using unbound threads

Version 6.1f1 - Click in window to continue

Patent Information (link)

ni.com/labview
Copyright 2001 National Instruments.  All rights reserved.

National Instruments (logo)

[Dennis_Knutson]

Weird. I have all that and my name, company name, and serial number that was all entered when I registered it. The same information should be in the registry. Look at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>National Instruments>LabVIEW>6.1. There should be string values called RegisteredOwner, SerialNo, etc. If they are blank, then somehow the registry didn't get written correctly or got modified after the installation.

[Evan]

There was an old issue, I am not sure if LabVIEW 6.1 had it but a repair of the LabVIEW install might have blanked out those keys.

[John Stimson]

One potential difference is that I am running the Solaris version and not Windows.  I am not sure where the equivalent of those registry entries is stored.