Forum Post: Help about license!!!!
[This thread was moved from the MicroStation Community Forum to the SELECTserver and Product Activation Community Forum] How about hide Activation Key? My customer ask me : their employees can switch...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help about license!!!!
If you are concrned about staff that may leave your company and continue to use your activation key ther are a couple of ways to proceed. 1. On SELECTServer, just assign a valid range of IP addresses...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help about license!!!!
The Group Policy Objects (GPOs) mentioned by Frank are available on Bentley Communities for use with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008/2012 . The following video demonstrates how to apply...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Staad.Pro license usage
I do not believe that our case is special, so personally I would recommend everyone to keep an eye on it. Based on our findings regarding Staad.Pro, I have begun to check Bentley logs for other...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Staad.Pro license usage
Got an reply to that today - which is so astonishing that I'd like to post it here. I am going to comment that in the next post. First thing to mention is that the Application Usage By Hour is a...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Staad.Pro license usage
Actually that way to log usage is very surprising information for us - and not according to our contract. If I understand that correctly, Bentley is logging 2 hours of usage if you start a program...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Staad.Pro license usage
Andreas Zieritz If I understand that correctly, Bentley is logging 2 hours of usage if you start a program 09:51 and use it for 4 (four) minutes! Two hours of usage will be calculated even if you...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Staad.Pro license usage
According to my information you have a 3 minutes grace period, where usage is not registered.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Staad.Pro license usage
Hello Andreas, SelectServer is unable to detect and throw out usages under 3 minutes if the client logs this usages with 10 minutes. Our deployed SelectServer shows no usages under ten minutes. We are...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Staad.Pro license usage
So many questions - so few answers. Here's the last answer from support regarding this case. Poor guy... I explained how this is working technically. I cannot tell you why the system was designed in...
View ArticleWiki Page: SELECTserver OnLine migration FAQ
Applies To Product(s): SELECTserver Version(s): N\A Environment: N\A Area: Administration Subarea: License Management Original Author: Jeremy Hoesly, Bentley Technical Support...
View ArticleWiki Page: Windows could not start the Bentley SELECTserver Gateway service
Applies To Product(s): SELECTserver Gateway Version(s): N\A Environment: N\A Area: Installation / Configuration Subarea: Windows Installer Errors Original Author: Jeremy...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: SelectServer database on SQL 2012
Hi, My apologies as I thought this was answered previously. There is no new version that runs on SQL 2012 and currently there isn't a version planned. Is there a reason why you are not able to take...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: SelectServer database on SQL 2012
I noticed that SQL Server 2012 is listed as a supported SQL server database in the following technical requirements support solution. However, you would need to update to SELECTserver 09.00.00.113...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Bentley Licensing SCAM - beware
Just because you change the definition of Overuse doesn't make it right. The complete and utter lack of common sense with this method of measuring (with no way at all for the users to monitor in real...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Bentley Licensing SCAM - beware
[admin note: post edited with expletive removed.] BTW,,,,I'm a 30 year user of Microstation, don't try to convince me with this is how it's done. I may be one of the most experienced users on the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Bentley Licensing SCAM - beware
The 1 hour bucket may be ok when working in disconnected mode because of local time differences but it is not correct if using license check-in/out which as it is done and verified at server side. If...
View ArticleForum Post: Version STAAD.Pro
I'm using version 20.07.10.64 STAAD.Pro. but having some errors, when the next new version? Thanks
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Licensing / overuse or not
My opinion is that one should start a combined assault on the "on the hour" rule that Bentley has. With K2 Keyserver I have a very good tool to get very nasty, and the only thing I need to do is...
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