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WIBU KEY INSTALLATION PROBLEMS

Anonymous
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Hi there,

I have a problem related to WIBU key installation, after having WIBU key installed and tried to open ARCHI CAD it gives me following error:
"Wibu key not found or valid, run in demo mode". I have WINDOWS XP PRO and not sure how to solve the problem. I have just started using ARCHICAD and appreciate your help.

Kind regards

Milan
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
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Did you restart the operating system after installation?
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Anonymous
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I am not sure I know what you mean under that. Can you give me a clue. If you think of restarting the computer, I did that.
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
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Yes, that is what I meant.
You can go to Control Panel\WIBU-KEY and check there if the hardware key is visible there.
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Anonymous
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Yes it is visible,
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
If you have Windows XP, the following article may be related:

http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/archiguide/WIBUnetkeyisnotaccessibleAfterInstWinXPSP2.htm...

You may also try to uninstall ArchiCAD, then reinstall it again.

Another point is that you must have Administrator rights on the computer for WIBU drivers to install.
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Anonymous
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Thanks, will do and let you know,
Barry Kelly
Moderator
MILAN wrote:
Hi there,

I have a problem related to WIBU key installation, after having WIBU key installed and tried to open ARCHI CAD it gives me following error:
"Wibu key not found or valid, run in demo mode". I have WINDOWS XP PRO and not sure how to solve the problem. I have just started using ARCHICAD and appreciate your help.

Kind regards

Milan
Silly question but do you have the key in your USB port?
Is the USB port faulty - try another one?

Barry.
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Anonymous
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Thanks I got it, it was USB port deficiency