Offline activation

Activation is the process by which Cakewalk validates that your software is genuine and being used in accordance with the license agreement. Cakewalk can be activated by an online or offline process.

Cakewalk will operate in Demo mode until it is activated, and saving and exporting will be disabled.

A toast notification appears at the bottom of the screen to inform you if Cakewalk has not been activated yet. If your computer is connected to the internet, click the toast notification to open BandLab Assistant and activate Cakewalk.

If Cakewalk is installed on a computer that is not connected to the internet, you can use offline activation as long as you have access to another computer that is connected to the internet.

To use offline activation

1.	In Cakewalk, go to Help > Offline Activation > Export Activation Request to open the Save activation request dialog box.

2.	Select the folder you want to save the activation request file to, then click Save.

Cakewalk saves a Activation request.crq file. This file is encrypted and machine-specific, and can only be used to activate Cakewalk on the machine that was originally used to create the Activation request.crq file.

By default, Cakewalk appends a timestamp to the file name, using the following format: <Month><Day><Year>_<Hour><Minute>. For example: 032820_1157Activation request.crq.

3.	Copy the Activation request.crq file to removable media, such as a USB flash drive, that you can transfer to another computer that is connected to the internet.

4.	Using an online computer, open BandLab Assistant and sign in with your BandLab ID and password.

5.	Click the Apps tab.

6.	Under Cakewalk by BandLab, click the drop-down arrow next to the Open button, then click Process Offline Activation Request.

If activation is granted, BandLab Assistant generates a Activation response.dat file.

7.	Copy the Activation response.dat file to removable media that you can transfer back to your offline Cakewalk computer.

8.	In Cakewalk, go to Help > Offline Activation > Import Activation Response to open the Import activation response dialog box.

9.	Select the Activation response.dat file and click Open.

If the response file is valid, Cakewalk is activated.

Figure 20. Cakewalk offline activation workflow.

 

See:

Activating Cakewalk

BandLab Assistant

Simpler activation

New features