LSPETE@UBVMS.BITNET (01/12/90)
Hello all,
Has anyone been able to get the single user version of 1-2-3 v2.2
to work on a network for more than one user? We had purchased 85 copies
of it before the network version was released. It works fine for one
user, but anyone else attempting to use it gets an error "1-2-3 cannot
start because the Standard Edition network license is currently in use"
ANY help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Pete Capelli
LAN Systems
SUNY at Buffalobdahlen@ZEPHYR.CAIR.DU.EDU (Robert L. Dahlen @ U. of Denver USA=) (01/12/90)
> Has anyone been able to get the single user version of 1-2-3 v2.2 > to work on a network for more than one user? We had purchased 85 copies > of it before the network version was released. It works fine for one > user, but anyone else attempting to use it gets an error "1-2-3 cannot > start because the Standard Edition network license is currently in use" > Call LDC Educational Sales department and they will exchange for you, thats what they are doing for us. The pricing is even better also. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Dahlen - Director, Information Systems & Technology University of Denver - Denver, Colorado 80208 (303) 871-4385 INET:bdahlen@du.edu BITNET:bdahlen@ducair UUCP:ncar!dunike!bdahlen
MOSEDORE@SUVM.BITNET (Michael O. Sedore) (01/12/90)
We got a pre-release version of 2.2 to evaluate this past summer, and the first thing we found, as you did, was that it would not serve multiple users. I talked extensively with Lotus personnel, both technical and sales types, and was told that 2.2 is written specifically to prevent multiple usage, although there is "a way" known to some of the insiders to get around the protection. I was unsuccessful in my efforts to get them to share with me the necessary technique, and I was unwilling to spend a lot of time hacking around with the program. Your best bet is probably to get them to upgrade the license to the network version, which I understand is now shipping. When last I spoke with them, there was no defined upgrade policy, but that may have changed. Coincidentally, I'm lunching with a Lotus rep this afternoon; I suspect they've seen this problem before, and there may be a procedure for dealing with it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Michael O. Sedore MOSEDORE@SUVM | | Microcomputer Network Programmer (315) 443-4103 | | 215 Machinery Hall | | Syracuse University | | Syracuse, New York 13244 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CUTRY@STLAWU.BITNET (Domenic D. Cutry) (01/15/90)
Pete, We tried unsuccessfully to install the single user version for multiple users. 85 seems to be a popular number, that's the number of copies we had purchased. We ended up sending back the single user disks and getting upgrades to the multi-user network version. Nick Cutry St. Lawrence University