Reinstating expired Student Update Plan after graduation

[T.J. Mayhem]

First time posting. Not sure where to find the information I'm looking for. Tried searching for it with nothing quite answering my questions.

I went to college for music production, and thus was eligible for a student edition and so purchased a student edition of pro tools. The update plan and such has since expired and I have graduated as it was a condensed program (2 years crammed into 1). The most recent version of pro tools I have access to is 12.5

With this said, I am upgrading to a better computer with Windows 10. I've noticed 12.5 to be rather buggy and was thinking of maybe reinstating my update plan. However being that it's a student version I am unsure on whether I can get the regular reinstatement plan and it work or not.

So my question is, can you essentially switch from a student update plan by reinstating with a regular update plan?
If not, how do I get updates from this point on?

[Southsidemusic]

Hi and welcome to the community

You can reinstate (upgrade a student license) to the annual plan.

Easiest chart to read what you have and what you need to do is here:

http://www.sweetwater.com/insync/pro-tools-upgrade-chart

Best of luck and hope you get that sorted asap

Merry Xmas and let us know if you need any advice or assistance.

[jeffro]

Welcome to the community.

You would be in the Pro Tools 11 w/o Active Upgrade Plan section of the chart Christopher linked to. See the current options available (and note that Reinstatement provides a free second year if you buy/redeem by 12/31/2016). Thanks!

[T.J. Mayhem]

Originally Posted by Southsidemusic

Hi and welcome to the community

You can reinstate (upgrade a student license) to the annual plan.

Easiest chart to read what you have and what you need to do is here:

http://www.sweetwater.com/insync/pro-tools-upgrade-chart

Best of luck and hope you get that sorted asap

Merry Xmas and let us know if you need any advice or assistance.

Originally Posted by jeffro

Welcome to the community.

You would be in the Pro Tools 11 w/o Active Upgrade Plan section of the chart Christopher linked to. See the current options available (and note that Reinstatement provides a free second year if you buy/redeem by 12/31/2016). Thanks!

Thank you for the information!

Im doing research and really im seeing that I just need 12.5.1 or 12.5.2. Sadly it looks like my plan expired 2 weeks before 12.5.1 came out, which sucks because I would have just went with that version for the bug fixes.

Is there anyway I can just pay like a one time fee of some sort just to get to that update (12.5.1)? Or is that even worth it? Ive had a lot of trouble with 12.5 so far, and I know its the oldest version to have windows 10 support. Just sucks that im stuck to literally one option for windows 10. Almost $400 Canadian is a bit much to me just to update to a more stable version.