Specifications

To prevent damage to your product license, use the License Transfer Utility
to export your license file before changing the hardware. After the hardware
change, you can import the license file back. For information about using the
License Transfer Utility, see About the License Transfer Utility (page 8).
NOTE If you get a license error when you change your hardware, you may have
to reactivate your license. See Activation (page 2).
Reinstalling an Operating System
If you reinstall your operating system on the computer where your Autodesk
license resides, the license might fail. You will not be able to use your product.
To resolve a license error in this case, you must reactivate your product. See
Activation (page 2).
NOTE The following procedure is for the Windows operating system. If you are
running Autodesk products on Mac OS X or Linux platforms, see your product
appendix for more information.
To prevent a license error when you reinstall an operating system
NOTE If using Norton Ghost or another image utility, do not include the Master
Boot Record.
1 Locate one of the following folders and make a backup copy:
■ (Windows XP) C:\Documents And Settings\All Users\Application
Data\FLEXnet
■ (Windows 7/Windows Vista) C:\ProgramData\FLEXnet
2 Reinstall the operating system and reinstall the Autodesk product.
3 Paste the license folder to the same location from which you originally
copied the folder in step 1.
You can now run your Autodesk product.
Changing the System Date and Time
Your product license allows for time changes to the system clock within two
days of the current time. If you set your system clock back more than two
days, the next time you start your product, you will receive a message that
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