SageTV Client

[garyellis]

Question...I just purchased SageTV Client and downloaded it and installed it to my Thinkpad. I downloaded it there to test it before loading it to my daughter's PC in her room..It works fine...Now, how do I remove it from the thinkpad that I have it installed on so that I can install it on her PC and have only one client running? If I just do an uninstall will the Sage server allow me to move it from one pc to another and use the same key code?

Thanks for the help..

Gary

[src666]

Originally Posted by garyellis

Question...I just purchased SageTV Client and downloaded it and installed it to my Thinkpad. I downloaded it there to test it before loading it to my daughter's PC in her room..It works fine...Now, how do I remove it from the thinkpad that I have it installed on so that I can install it on her PC and have only one client running? If I just do an uninstall will the Sage server allow me to move it from one pc to another and use the same key code?

Thanks for the help..

Gary

There's a command line option you can use to "unregister" a computer. I don't remember it off the top of my head - check the manual, or search the forums.

[garyellis]

well, I don't know what a command line option means..But, I looked all through the manual and no reference to unregister. I found a couple of reference in the forums, but the referred to unregistering the extender, bot the client...I tried the unregister client and it was wrong..

Thanks for any help...

Gary

[Opus4]

There is an appendix in the manual that lists the command line parameters (you would add them to a copy of the Windows shortcut used to run the program). Look at the REGISTER parameter. Just don't enter a key after that & it will remove the license from a computer. You will still need to restart the server for the same client to be able to connect from a different PC.

- Andy

[garyellis]

Thank you, thank you, thank you....

worked just fine...

[mayamaniac]

In my experience, just uninstall from the thinkpad with add/remove programs. And then install it on your daughter's PC. Then restart SageTV server and start the SageTV client. It should connect.

You will only need to unregister if you plan to get a second SageTV client license for your thinkpad.

[Opus4]

Technically, a license should be on only a single computer, so using REGISTER to clear it out before entering the same license on a different system is the proper thing to do & is what I will continue to suggest.

- Andy

[mayamaniac]

well, that should've been done with the UNINSTALL process, so its SageTV's fault for leaving the license info behind.

[stevech]

Yes, uninstall via Windows' utility is just to satisfy ethics.
Install on another comptuter. Don't run the client yet.
Then you must stop and restart SageTV on the server (app mode or server mode). After that, run the newly installed client.

IMO, the server should have some way to de-authenticate a client so the license can be moved to a different PC (different IP I guess) WITHOUT restarting the server and disrupting operations.

[tooslow]

Originally Posted by stevech

IMO, the server should have some way to de-authenticate a client so the license can be moved to a different PC (different IP I guess) WITHOUT restarting the server and disrupting operations.

I couldn't agree with you more. Having to restart the server to un-register a client is ludicrous, and the uninstall process should remove the license.

I was about to buy another license today, until I noticed that they still have the pre-christmas shipping warning on the website... So instead, I recycled a license (which explains my presence in this thread). If they can't be bothered to update their website at least once a month, then i'm not sure I want to invest any more money into sage.

[nielm]

Originally Posted by tooslow

I couldn't agree with you more. Having to restart the server to un-register a client is ludicrous

A licence is tied to a single client system -- they are not 'floating' licences -- this behaviour is the enforcement of that rule

[rfutscher]

Originally Posted by nielm

A licence is tied to a single client system -- they are not 'floating' licences -- this behaviour is the enforcement of that rule

If it is a newer install it should over ride the previous installation. Only the latest install would be active.

[stevech]

don't agree. Just changing a client should NOT affect the server (require a restart)

Nothing to do with floating license issue.

perhaps the server-restart was just the cheapest way to implement a means de-authenticate (all of) the clients. This is at the expense of ease of use.