How to apply QwikQuote Serial Number and Activation Key - Network Users
(for Network Users)
Note: For existing QwikQuote network
users,
depending on the length of your existing serial
number
the apply process of the network serial number could be as simple
as for single user case or there is a few more extra step involved.
The key point here is the length of your
existing serial
number.
If your existing network serial number has the same
length as the one you received in the
email
then the process of applying new serial number is the same as for
single user case below.
If your existing network serial number has shorter
length than the one you received in the email
then you have to do the extra steps in the 2nd part of this
document.
Note: You only need to apply your New Serial Number once within our Quoting software and quotation
software system in the whole network from any QwikQuote workstation and
the rest of workstations will auto-get the new serial number when it starts
QwikQuote next time.
However, you can re-apply it as many times as you want from any QwikQuote
workstation
this is because the whole quoting software and invoice software actually
only use one license.
Note: QwikQuote different versions can work
in the same network smoothly within our quoting software
and invoice software setup only if all QwikQuote workstations have
installed QwikQuote versions
that are able to understand the license serial number in use at QwikQuote
Server Location.
Otherwise, you need to update those workstations do not understand New Serial Number
to be used in the quoting software and invoice software system.
1.
How to Apply Network Serial Number
– Normal Cases
Typically, the normal cases include
the following situations in our quoting software and quotation software
setups:
· New QwikQuote network installation
· You existing serial number is the same length with your new serial number
·
You do un-install
old copy and then re-install new QwikQuote
– This is the same as you do new full setup of our quoting software and
quotation software.
In the normal cases above,
the process to apply new serial number is
exactly the same as for single user cases in our quotation
software and quoting software setups, and you only need to apply Serial Number once to your QwikQuote
server location from any workstation, and all other workstations will
get the new license
next time they start to use QwikQuote again.
To apply your QwikQuote License Serial Number and/or Activate
Key,
you need first to start the QwikQuote Setup Wizard in you quoting
software and invoice software
setups as below:
For XP computers you try as the screenshot image shown below:
For Vista and Win 7 computers then you try as the screenshot image
displayed below:
If you prefer, you can run the
executable program qqLicConfig.exe
directly from the QwikQuote main installation folder as below:
C:\Program Files\QQ6\qqLicConfig.exe
For 32 bit
Windows Operating Systems
such as the screenshot demonstrated below:
C:\Program Files (X86)\QQ6\qqLicConfig.exe
For 64 bit
Windows Operating Systems
such as the screenshot demonstrated below:
After the QwikQuote Setup Wizard program
starts running,
check if the Checkbox is
checked, then uncheck it.
Click the License
Information tab,
and put your Serial Number
in the Serial Number box by copy-and-paste form your email
that is sent to you by QwikQuote Sales Team along with other important
information.
When the correct serial number is input the button
will be enabled
and press the Apply button to
apply your Serial Number
After
successfully applied the new Serial
Number, you should see a message similar as screenshot below:
(The message shows the demo
copy has successfully changed into the permanent one.)
Press the OK button
to close the message box, and
then just press the button
to close the Setup Wizard and start and run QwikQuote normally.
Note: If
you try to apply an Update Serial Number,
you need to apply your previous full copy serial number first.
Note: Now
you are having a full fly QwikQuote quoting software and quotation software.
It is a good point to back up your computer as a whole lot so that when
something happening
that make you cannot run you quoting software and invoice software you
will have a way
to restore and get back your running copy of QwikQuote quoting
software and quotation software.
2.
How to Apply Network Serial Number
– Serial Number Length Different
This is the situation you try to use
update to bring your network computers in your quoting software and
quotation
software setups to new QwikQuote version.
Note: Normally, we suggest to un-install
old QwikQuote copy, and then re-do full setup to install the new version.
However, in some situation, the update is your first choice.
Such as:
·
The computer has
problem with Windows Installer
that makes the full setup executable is not able to run properly.
·
Un-install and
re-do full setup install take longer time.
If you have a large number of workstations – this involve a lot of work
load.
·
Some computers
might not be able to un-install correctly
such as the install log file might be missing or accidentally deleted.
In this case, there are 2 key issues we need to address as below:
·
The QwikQuote Setup
Wizard (qqLikConfig.exe) on the computer
you try 1st to apply your
New Serial Number in you quoting
software and invoice software and do QwikQuote update
needs to be able to understand the New Serial
Number
and be able to properly apply it to the QwikQuote Server
Location.
·
All the
workstations will not able to understand the new serial number
after you applied the New Serial Number to
the QwikQuote Server Location
To address the 1st issue:
The issue is much the similar as the famous Chicken/Egg question
- New Serial Number First / New Program Update First?
To address the 2nd issue:
After your applied your
New Serial Number to the Server Location
in our quoting software and quotation
software then all workstations must install update so that they can
understand the new serial number.
Otherwise, all workstations in your quoting software and invoice software will
not work they cannot
recognize your New Serial Number that
lead them to think your New Serial Number
is not available.
Note: You need to well plan this situation in
advance so that all your workstations will update in time.
The actual update process to update your quoting software and invoice
software is pretty simple
for all workstations in your network – just run update executable you
downloaded.
This is because the Server Location already has your New Serial Number so the update install will go
OK.
Note: If you only have a limited number of network users, this
should not be a problem with a little more efforts
in a planned fashion such as to run the update process in the off working
time or in the weekend.
However, in case you have a very large network user base and possibly with some
off sites links
with VIP or other special network connection in your quoting software and invoice
software setups
- it is impossible to do all the update one time.
In this case, we can arrange a special serial number
for you as a transitional serial number
this special serial number will let both QwikQuote
old and new versions in your quoting software
and invoice software understand it so that you can gradually update all
your workstations.
Then, you only apply your new serial number to your quoting software and invoice
software
system after all workstations have in your invoice software and quoting
software been installed updates.
Please contact support@qwikquote.com
for details regarding special serial number.
3. How to Apply Activate Key
When
you get your Activate Key
by way of sending Registration information to QwikQuote,
and the Activate Key will be returned to you from QwikQuote Support Team by
email,
then just put it into the Activate Key
box and press the ‘Apply’ button after
it is enabled.
Such as the screenshot image shown below:
Or you
will see the confirming message for network users case of the quoting software
and
invoice software setup similar as
the screenshot shown below:
Otherwise, try to fix the problem according to the error message says.
Note: When a computer is activated, its activate status
is protected.
This is to protect your activated copy of quoting software and invoice
software can run properly.
To
prevent accidentally change the activated status,
you need to provide both new Serial
Number and new Activate Key
at the same time
if you want to change the existing activate
status.
Note: In case you have to change activate status
by only serial number without activate key
you need to do re-configure instead of simply applying new
serial number.
Remember, if you do this way, you will lose your activated status,
and you need to make sure you Serial Number is under tech
support and UMP
otherwise, your copy of QwikQuote the quoting software and invoice
software might not run.
Note: Update Install where the Existing Serial Number is Shorter than the New One
(You will not have this issue if you do new setup or un-install old version and
then re-do a full setup installation.
You only might encounter this issue in some case when you try to do update
installation. )
For
long term QwikQuote users who will encounter experience of the QwikQuote
license structure changes
(From 32 chars to 36 chars to 41 chars to 45
chars to what next … – check with your earlier serial number…)
there is one extra step you might need to do or you might never know this – a
little bit tricky here.
If
you had tried to download and install the latest update and you were told you
need new serial number,
you are lucky – there is no extra step for you anymore. The extra step is
exactly you need to try to install once.
And you have just done it as above said without notice anything different.
If
you did not tried to install the update the new version and you try to apply
your new serial number,
you might encounter the problem that the Setup Wizard does not recognize
your new serial number.
If you get this situation, you just need to try to install the new
update executable file you downloaded once
and this is sure to fail for you haven’t get your new serial number applied
yet.
Though it failed, then you try as above to run Setup Wizard and you can
apply your new serial number now
and then you can continue to install your new downloaded update installation
and sure to succeed this 2nd time.
The trick here is through it failed to install, it always install the new license service module so that it is able recognize the nearest new serial number structure and this let you be able to apply your new serial number.