1 Registering Eviews.docx

1、1 Registering Eviews1 Registering EviewsIn order to use EViews 5 on a specific computer, you must register your copy on the machine using the serial number printed on your CD-ROM case or obtained from your volume license administrator.What is Registration?EViews registration is the one-time process

2、of assigning a serial number to a specific machine, and sending a unique machine ID to QMS. This is a simple process that can be performed in a few seconds.The first time EViews is run on a new machine, you will be prompted to register the machine. You may choose to do so immediately, or you can put

3、 off registration to a later date, but you must register the machine within 30 days. If you delay registration, you will be prompted to register the machine every time you launch EViews. After 30 days, the unregistered copy of EViews will no longer run.The EViews single user licenses allow for an in

4、dividual to have exclusive use of copies of EViews residing on multiple machines, or for multiple users to have access to a copy of EViews residing on a single machine. For example, a single user may install and register EViews on his or her office computer, home computer and a laptop computer, prov

5、ided that the use of EViews is exclusive. Note, however, that the license terms do not allow two users to share a copy of EViews residing on more than one machine.To facilitate the legitimate use of EViews on multiple machines, we allow a single EViews single user serial number (one beginning with 5

6、0A or 50S) to be used in registering up to three machines. If you have exceptional circumstances which require registration on additional machines, please contact our office. Note that the licensing terms differ under the EViews Volume License agreement. Under these terms, each machine running EView

7、s must be assigned a distinct serial number. Licensing the office computer, home computer and laptop computer of a single user will require three separate serial numbers.Because of the nature of the Volume License agreement, the 50C (volume) license numbers cannot be used to register multiple machin

8、es.Once registered on a given machine, EViews 5 will run indefinitely. The copy of EViews may be unistalled and reinstalled on the machine, updated, or moved to a different directory as desired without reregistering the copy for that machine. If, however, a machines hard disk is wiped clean or is re

9、placed, you must reregister. Note that in this latter circumstance, reregistration on the machine will not count as an additional registration.How Do I Register?Before starting the registration process, you should first locate the EViews serial number that is attached to the case for your CD-ROM. Yo

10、u will need to enter this number into your computer during the registration procedure. Next, you should launch EViews by double clicking on the EViews icon. If the copy of EViews is not registered for the machine, EViews will open a dialog, informing you that your copy of EViews is not registered fo

11、r this machine, displaying the number of additional days your unregistered copy will continue to run, and providing you with three options for proceeding. First, you can choose to delay registration by clicking on the I will register later button. If you select this option, EViews will close the dia

12、log and will operate in the usual fashion. You can use your copy of EViews just as though it were a fully registered copy until the grace period has expired. Once the grace period has expired, your copy of EViews will not run until it is registered.Alternatively, you can choose to register in one of

13、 two ways: you can use the EViews auto registration features (by clicking on Auto Registration), or you can manually register (by clicking on Manual Registration). Selecting either of the latter two options will open a dialog prompting you for additional information.Auto RegistrationIf your computer

14、 is connected to the Internet, the EViews auto registration feature should make registration a snap. Simply click on the Auto Registration. button to open a dialog containing the registration information. EViews will fill out as many fields in this dialog as possible. If you wish to continue with th

15、e auto registration, first make sure that the Serial # and Name information are correct. Then, to complete the registration process, click on the Register now button. EViews will try to contact one of our registration servers. Once contacted, the information contained in the dialog will be sent to t

16、he server, and the machine will be registered to run EViews. If successful, you will see a message indicating that registration was successfully completed, along with the number of machines that have been registered to the serial number.If you do not wish to continue with the auto registration, click on the Exit without registering button and you will be returned to the main registration screen.Note that there are some common reasons that auto reg