Cannot start Solidworks 2004 after reinstallation

Hi,

I have recently purchased a new PC and I have installed my Solidworks
2004 but it does not work. The installation of Solidworks on my old PC
was done by a friend of mine who is not availble right now.
During the installation I have entered: my Solidworks serial no and the
Auth Code.
The error message says that the software is not commissioned properly.
Could you please advise me what I can do to resolve the problem?
Any other settings ?

Thanks and regards

Kire

 

This is from a previous thread here in this NG - might help you.

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"This version of sw has not been commissioned properly"

The above message is saying that it's looking for a dongle security device.

This message will happen if your language setting in Windows mistakenly gets
changed. My kids have done this before. For example let's pretend you are
in America or another country where a dongle security device is not
required. Many countries in the world do require a dongle security device.
If the language setting in your computer gets changed to a country that
requires a dongle you will get that message. You need to go into control
panel and find the "regional and language options" and verify the language
setting. I'm about 100% sure you will find that has been changed.
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You might also have forgotten to move your dongle to the new machine.
WT

 

Hi Wayne,
Does this mean that if I change my UK machine to US language, I do not need
to use my dongle?

 

I think serial numbers are coded by country, so no matter what language
is installed, it still knows where it belongs. Nice try, though.

 

Does this mean that if I change my UK machine to US language, I do not
need

Just move to SW2006... no dongle! You register a work and home version.

yippie, someone is listening.

 

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for the valuable information. You are right. After changing the
regional setting everthing is OK.

Thanks and best regards

Kire