Protools 8 m-powered unavailbe license after instal protools 11

[Melle279]

I have used Protools 8 m-powered for the last few year (3-4) never with a problem but now the time has come to update my system. so i bought for 379 euro's a crossgrade from protools 8 m-powered to protools 11.
once i recieved the package (after 1 and a half month) i noticed there isnt a ilok2 in the pack. so bummed out i had to buy a new ilok while the store told me everything would be plug and play.

now i have installed and used protools 11 but for some reason my protools 8 m-powered isnt licesenced anymore and my ilok manager has put the license in unavaible.

now my question is: Why is this done i have bought protools 8 and 11 legal so i got it licensed. so WHY can't i use my protools 8 anymore?
i really want to work with my protools 8 and 11 becouse i want to work with different mac's and the same time for a big project witch is coming up

can some one please tell me how to fix this?

sorry for my bad English

[Darryl Ramm]

You upgraded/crossgraded the 8MP license to Pro Tools 11, and as a part of that you explicitly surrendered the old license. You gave it up, it is gone forever. If you wanted to also keep that you would have needed to purchase a full new Pro Tools 11 license not an cross-grade. If you desperately need an 8MP license you will need to purchase a used one from EBay or similar.

It is unclear if you are talking about a single computer or you have two separate computers, If a single computer then -- installing both Pro Tools 8MP and Pro Tools 11 software on the same computer is not supported, and very likely will cause problems. You should have fully uninstalled Pro Tools 8MP before installing Pro Tools 11. If you did not you may run into problems in future, you may want to either roll back to an old backup and unisntall Pro Tools 8MP (and all plugins) before installing pro Tools 11, or if you don't have a suitable backup then wipe the system, reinstall Windows from the install media and then install Pro Tools 11.

[nst7]

Plus, you can use PT11 on as many computers as you want, as long as it's one at a time (whichever one your Ilok is plugged into).

[Melle279]

hmm nice...

would be great if someone gave this information to me then i wouldn't have bought this cross grade...

but thanks for information anyway

[YYR123]

It can be daunting true - but you have to read the fine print for sure