This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Marianna - Does a new MC v.6 license work with earlier versions of software?

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Marianna - Does a new MC v.6 license work with earlier versions of software?

Thanks, Marianna (and others who chimed in.)

Maybe this should be a feature request then... Please allow newly
purchased licenses/dongles to run older versions of the software.

Cheers,
--Michael

On 12-01-15 9:41 AM, Marianna wrote:
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> Michael,
>
> If you bought a new MC 6 license and a seperate dongle then when you
> redeem the activation for an updater.avd file - that will blast the
> dongle for MC 6 and it should only see MC 6. If you have an older MC
> license and have bought and uprgade to MC 6, and you trade in your
> upgrade activation for a updater.avd file - that will update the
> dongle and you should be able to use it on MC 6 and back to MC 5.5.
>
> marianna
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Michael Brockington <brocking@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for this reply, but actually I'm wondering if newly purchased
> v.6
> > software would run an older version (as opposed to an upgraded system
> > that is already blessed for earlier versions of the software.) Any
> > experience with this scenario?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Michael
> >
> > On 12-01-14 8:18 PM, Greg Huson wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes- I can say first hand. I had a couple system on upgraded dongles
> > > that were still on 5.5 software for a little while until I could
> > > switch the OS to 10.7.
> > >
> > > ________________________
> > > Greg Huson
> > > Secret Headquarters, Inc
> > > Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> > > www.SecretHQ.com
> > > DigitalServicsStation.com
> > >
> > > On Jan 13, 2012, at 7:20 PM, Michael Brockington <brocking@...
> > > <mailto:brocking%40sfu.ca>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Marianna:
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if you know the answer to this. The producer on an
> > > > upcoming job may be purchasing an MC license. I'm wondering if a v.6
> > > > license can be used to run 5.5? I'm reluctant to recommend v.6 for a
> > > > larger job before a bugfix release or 2 comes out.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > --Michael
> > > >
> > > >
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