Advice: Moving trial version to new laptop

[TBC (Gary Korisko)]

I’m still in my trial period, but I’ve purchased a second “burner” type laptop that I don’t feel bad about leaving in a dusty shop.

I installed Lightburn on the “new” one and tried to type in my trial code (from the previous install) that displays when you start the software up. Didn’t take it. So a couple questions…

1. How do I ‘sync’ the trial period on both machines? I don’t want to take advantage by starting a whole new trial period. Fair’s fair.
2. When I do get them both running, will lightburn recognize me and sync settings or is it a whole new setup with the new laptop?

Thanks much!

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Just start a new trial on the new machine. You can not use the same trial key on a different system at the same time. You can export your preferences and device profiles, so you can have the same setup on both systems, but syncing the time for the trials is not needed nor supported.

[TBC (Gary Korisko)]

After registration though can I use both? One for design & one for production? I thought I read somewhere where you can use two.

[TBC (Gary Korisko)]

Also - can you point me to a “how to” for exporting settings? Thanks!

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

The trials are independent and know nothing of each other, so yes. When using a purchased key, there are 2 seats standard, and we offer a 3rd for free, when asked nicely.

How the LightBurn license works

We get asked this a lot, so here it is: You pay once, the software will work forever as long as you have your license key. The key lets you install on up to two machines, and it can be easily moved if you get a new computer. If you need to install on a 3rd machine, we’re happy to update your license to allow it, at no cost. The license key has an expiry date - a year from when you first activated it. When it expires, it’s still valid, you just don’t get updates anymore. If you download a versi…

To use shared settings,

and the following is worth review as well.

Moving software between computers

There are a few steps to consider. You will want to copy the prefs.ini to the new computer. That brings all device profiles and settings. Run LightBurn Click the File menu and choose ‘Open prefs folder’ Quit LightBurn Copy the prefs.ini file to a USB stick, or email to yourself, etc. On the new computer, run LightBurn In the File menu, ‘Open prefs folder’ again Quit LightBurn - this is important, because LightBurn overwrites the prefs when you do this Copy the prefs.ini file from the other …

[TBC (Gary Korisko)]

Awesome. Thanks for the help!