Do I need internet

[octanechick (Kathleen Layton)]

Hey, we have no power… if I hook generator up to laser, can I run lightburn without internet? Sorry if asked… I have limited time for internet usage at the moment.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Yes, we do offer a way to use LightBurn without regular internet access. I provide the process below.

Offline Activation Procedure

If you have a license, and you would like to run it on a computer without a network connection, enter the license key, then click “Request Offline Activation”. It will ask you to save a file that contains the machine fingerprint as an offline request. You copy that to a USB drive and bring it to a machine with a network connection, you then have two options to complete the process. First, you can now use our license portal to manage your license activations. If you purchased your key from Ligh…

[octanechick (Kathleen Layton)]

Great, but if I have to download, and take to a machine with network connection… then it really doesn’t work when I have no power/wifi etc
.right?

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

You will need some way to obtain LightBurn and send the Offline Activation, at some point, yes. But once done, no further network connection is required, until you choose to update LightBurn.

[LightBurn (Oz)]

If LightBurn is already activated / licensed on your computer, it will just work. It doesn’t need internet to run it, just to activate it.

[octanechick (Kathleen Layton)]

thanks, day 4 no power- going stir crazy not burning things!!! just made my day!