"Lost" plug-in licenses

[Ray Lyon]

I recently had to replace my main drive (Mac G5 dual 2.0 ghz) that has OS 10.5.8, Pro Tools 8.0cs3 and all of my plug-ins installed on it. I used Carbon Copy Cloner to backup the failing drive, installed a new SATA 500GB drive (only $50!) and proceeded to copy the backup back to the main drive.

Because of some unknown reason I had to uninstall and reinstall Pro Tools 8 and then upgrade to 8.0cs3. I started up PT but it would not load because of iLok "extensions not being found" I installed the latest drivers for a PPC Mac and did get Pro Tools to open. However, all of my plug-in licenses are missing. PT is asking to input serial # codes, activate licenses and negotiate with the newly revamped iLok anti-piracy method.

This task could take hours and I don't know if I have all the documentation required...

Is there any way I can find the files that indicate the status of my licenses and reinstall them on the new drive? Any other solutions? Will I be able to relicense my original plugs or are they not able to licensed for a second time?

Any input from someone who knows about would be appreciated.

[JFreak]

Go to www.ilok.com and find a legacy installer. If you don't have that driver installed, PT won't see your key at all.

[Ray Lyon]

Thanks for your replay JF
I had already done that just to launch Pro Tools...
When I go to open a PT file, however, dozens of dialogue boxes come up asking me to authorize each plug in individually... PT has amnesia and even tho the iLok is updated with the legacy driver. I was wondering if there was a workaround for this.
Have any other ideas? (I am also following up on this with iLok)

[JFreak]

If you have proper keys on your iLok key, and have that iLok key inserted, and have iLok drivers installed, there should not be a problem. Take a look at all those three points I made and if it still gives you trouble I think it would be up to www.ilok.com to sort it out.

[Ray Lyon]

Hi Janne,

I got it fixed. Turns out that on a PPC based PT Accel|3 system a different "legacy" driver (to authorize plug-ins) had to be installed. The installation instructions were not exactly clear on iLok's website making for some real confusion on my end. I finally discovered that each iLok had to be synced SEPARATELY on an Intel based Mac. The instructions turned out to be on 3 different iLok pages upon which I fortunately stumbled. I put 2 and 2 together and came up with a solution. Piracy policy is a necessary evil for innocents who actually purchase their own software. Thanks for your valuable time and help.

[JFreak]

Glad you got it sorted out :)