Rick
(Technical Evangelist)
December 16, 2021, 9:32pm
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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.
We get asked this a lot:
You pay once, the software will work forever as long as you have your license key. The key lets you install on up to 3 machines, and it can be easily moved if you get a new computer.
The 1 year of updates that comes with every License Key has an expiry date - 1 year from the moment you first activated it. When this updates period expires, you can still use LightBurn, you just don’t get updates anymore. If you download a version of the software released after your lice…
To use shared settings,
and the following is worth review as well.
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 m…