{"id":4136,"date":"2024-02-28T21:17:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/?p=4136"},"modified":"2024-02-28T21:17:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:17:19","slug":"serial-number-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/2024\/02\/serial-number-change\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change a SOLIDWORKS Serial Number"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;%22408%22&#8243; height=&#8221;%22350%22&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>There are various reasons why you may need to change your SOLIDWORKS serial number, for instance, if you need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Switch to another SOLIDWORKS Standalone, Professional or Premium license.<\/li>\n<li>Change from a standalone license to a network-based license, or vice versa.<\/li>\n<li>Replace a term license that has expired with a renewed license.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whatever the reason may be, you can change a SOLIDWORKS serial number directly through the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager. You do not need to uninstall or reinstall SOLIDWORKS. Follow our step-by-step guide below to see how:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 2696px;width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;border-style: hidden\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 254px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Deactivate your license by opening SOLIDWORKS, then go to Help &gt; Licenses Deactivate (NOTE: this step is not required if you are changing from a network-based license to a standalone license, please skip to step 4 instead).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 254px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 254px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-1-300x256.png\" width=\"357\" height=\"305\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240392 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: left\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 256px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-2-300x257.png\" width=\"403\" height=\"346\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240393 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: right\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 256px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 256px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">Select the products you would like to deactivate &gt; choose the \u2018Automatically over the internet (recommended)\u2019 option &gt; enter your email address then press Next to complete the deactivation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 24px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">After a few moments you should see the \u2018Deactivation succeeded\u2019 screen and you can click Finish.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-3-300x257-1.png\" width=\"341\" height=\"292\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4143 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 55px;text-align: center\" colspan=\"3\">\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center\">****Close SOLIDWORKS****<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 342px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-5-300x229.png\" width=\"397\" height=\"303\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240395 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit;float: right\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 342px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 342px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">Type \u2018Add or remove\u2019 into your Windows search bar and open the \u2018Add or remove programs\u2019 system settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 220px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Find SOLIDWORKS in the list of apps, select the latest version installed, and click Modify to open the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 220px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 220px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-6-300x220.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"292\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240396 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: left\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 181px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-7-300x182.png\" width=\"406\" height=\"246\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240387 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: right\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 181px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 181px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">If you see message about a pending Windows reboot, you can click OK to dismiss it and continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 265px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Select the \u2018Modify your installation\u2019 option and press Next<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 265px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 265px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-8-300x265.png\" width=\"412\" height=\"364\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240388 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: left\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 265px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-9-300x265.png\" width=\"411\" height=\"363\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4137 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: right\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 265px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 265px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">Change your serial number as required on the Serial Number page then press Next.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 265px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">If you added any additional serial numbers\/products, you can choose to install them in the Product Selection page. Otherwise, press Next to continue.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 265px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 265px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-10-300x265.png\" width=\"408\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240389 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: left\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 265px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-11-300x265.png\" width=\"407\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240390 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: right\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 265px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 265px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0Click<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">\u00a0Modify Now to complete the change.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #AA172D\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.365%;height: 256px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Open SOLIDWORKS to activate your license. You can press Select all to activate all your licenses &gt; choose the \u2018Automatically over the internet (recommended)\u2019 option &gt; enter your email then press Next to complete the activation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.63499%;height: 256px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 256px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/2024-Serial-Change-12-300x257.png\" width=\"408\" height=\"350\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240391 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"float: left\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">You should then see the \u2018Activation\/Reactivation succeeded\u2019 window, which means the serial number change has been completed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">********<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0If you require any assistance with this process, please email us at<span style=\"color: #000080\"> <a href=\"mailto:SOLIDWORKS.support@tms-scotland.com\" style=\"color: #000080\">SOLIDWORKS.support@tms-scotland.com<\/a> <\/span>or use our <span style=\"color: #000080\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.tms-scotland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #000080\">Customer Support Portal<\/a> <\/span>to open a support ticket.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_height=&#8221;817px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1078px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/xsCZq958dZI&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are various reasons why you may need to change your SOLIDWORKS serial number, for instance, if you need to: Switch to another SOLIDWORKS Standalone, Professional or Premium license. 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