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Setup & Installation / Re: 2.1 install. Help the old man
« on: 2011.12.06, 04:26:37 »
Hi
What with all this *typing* in the Reg Key??? :-) - save the file to a drive that will be accessible during installation, floppy hard drive, usb drive then simply point the installer to the file when asked.
I've never seen an eCS Reg Key supplied in PDF format... Are you sure it is the Reg Key?
You can also login to your Mensys account and retrieve your Reg Key from the Downloads section. Hopefully that will be in plain text which the eCS Installer will understand - Come to think of it, you could also retrieve your Reg Key by logging in at ecomstation.com and clicking the eComStation Registration Keys link.
I did see another post in the ecs newsgroups about the Reg Key not being accepted when it was typed in and wonder if the installer has a bug. If I spot that post again I'll copy it to this thread...
Aha! Found it, but it is when installing eCS in VirtualBox - however that should not really make a difference.
"I am trying to install ECS2.1 in Virtualbox.
I get to the point where it asks for my reg key and I have tried inserting that from a CD (I dont have a floppy drive) and also by typing it in.
When I try from CD the install says invalid key; when I type it in the next button stays greyed out, so I guess it does not like it.
What's the recipe please?"
There were a few suggestions but manually typing did *not* work. The op finished the thread with this:-
"I installed a virtual floppy creator and connected the virtual machine
to it (seems to need to be done on a new image) and BINGO!!!
(But why did it not take the manually typed key? - perhaps leave that
... )"
Very suggestive of something going wrong when typing in the Reg Key.
Regards
Pete
What with all this *typing* in the Reg Key??? :-) - save the file to a drive that will be accessible during installation, floppy hard drive, usb drive then simply point the installer to the file when asked.
I've never seen an eCS Reg Key supplied in PDF format... Are you sure it is the Reg Key?
You can also login to your Mensys account and retrieve your Reg Key from the Downloads section. Hopefully that will be in plain text which the eCS Installer will understand - Come to think of it, you could also retrieve your Reg Key by logging in at ecomstation.com and clicking the eComStation Registration Keys link.
I did see another post in the ecs newsgroups about the Reg Key not being accepted when it was typed in and wonder if the installer has a bug. If I spot that post again I'll copy it to this thread...
Aha! Found it, but it is when installing eCS in VirtualBox - however that should not really make a difference.
"I am trying to install ECS2.1 in Virtualbox.
I get to the point where it asks for my reg key and I have tried inserting that from a CD (I dont have a floppy drive) and also by typing it in.
When I try from CD the install says invalid key; when I type it in the next button stays greyed out, so I guess it does not like it.
What's the recipe please?"
There were a few suggestions but manually typing did *not* work. The op finished the thread with this:-
"I installed a virtual floppy creator and connected the virtual machine
to it (seems to need to be done on a new image) and BINGO!!!
(But why did it not take the manually typed key? - perhaps leave that
... )"
Very suggestive of something going wrong when typing in the Reg Key.
Regards
Pete