Can Poser Pro 11 be installed on more than one machine?

I have one license of PP11 installed currently on a workstation. I've just purchased a "new" workstation and am wondering if I can install Poser Pro 11 on the new one with the same serial number [with the understanding I will only use one machine at a time]? Or do I have to deactivate the PP11 install I currently have and reactivate it on the new machine? The manual does not seem to be too clear about this and I'd rather not break my licensing. The manual also isn't too clear about how to do this.

I also have a PP2014 install I will be moving to the new machine. do the same rules apply? Links to docs or howto do it would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance 

[Note: I've posted to the RDNA forum too but no response so far]

AFAIK, you can install the app on both computers, but as long as you have a network connection, you can only open one at a time.

RDNA may see fewer posts/response because of it's merger with DAZ3D.

I posted a link to this thread at the facebook SM Poser page. Hopefully that will get someone's official attention.

You are allowed up to three installs at one time, so yes, you can install it on more than one computer, but you can only use it on one of them at a time.

For example, if you have a render running on one of your computers, you cannot open Poser on the other computer to use while you're waiting for the render to complete,

Actually, you can open all the installs if they are not connected to the same network or not connected at all. But since PP2014 Game Dev and P11 need to call home for regular activation, I don't know how responsive the apps will be if they miss a connect.

Hello,

I bought my Poser 11 Pro software May 2019. I installed it once on my computer. Then I upgraded my computer and now it says I have reached my maximum installs. As I read through these posts, it looks like I get 3 installs. Anyone I have contacted on line about this has not been helpful, they keep giving me links to webpages but those have been useless as well. How do I deactivate so I can reactivate my new software ?

If you bought your software in May, it needs a full update since it changed owners.

See here: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2940516

This thread is from 2016.

Poser has been bought a few months ago by Bondware, the company that owns Renderosity. From my understanding, you don't need to deactivate previous installations - but because of the company change, the license server has changed and there's a mandatory update for Poser to continue working. The old Smith Micro Download Manager won't work anymore either.

You can get the update here: https://www.posersoftware.com/downloads

Ow, Rhia beat me to it

Let's be clear. Because I had a seamless update I'm not certain of a few things.

Are you saying that installing the new update will give their Poser a new lease on life? They will not even have to deal with activations except the initial one to phone into Bondware and say hello?

Wow fast responses. Thank you for the information.

I long for the olden times when you didn't have to go through hell to run your software programs. LOL Ok, i went to all the links and downloaded the files. Hope this works. I will return and let you know. Again, thanks to all.

tabbycat2 posted at 2:16PM Mon, 09 December 2019 - #4372839

I long for the olden times when you didn't have to go through hell to run your software programs.

Eh, I remember having programs that required me to have a CD in my CD drive to load even though they were completely installed to my computer. Took them years to drop that "security" even after CD copying became so easy and cheap.

And before that, having to type enormous serial numbers, cause copy+paste in the setup windows wasn't allowed.

quietrob posted at 2:18PM Mon, 09 December 2019 - #4372836

Let's be clear. Because I had a seamless update I'm not certain of a few things.

Are you saying that installing the new update will give their Poser a new lease on life? They will not even have to deal with activations except the initial one to phone into Bondware and say hello?

From what I understand - and I might be wrong there - the new license server simply ignores previous installations. Buuut it will phone home from time to time. So it shouldn't complain that you had Poser installed in other machines before, but you'll still need to be online at times for the check in that one new installation.

(By "previous" I mean SM-version installations)

Ok as promised I have returned OMG those install files you have to download work great. I have Poser 11 Pro up and running and I just can not thank you fine folks for being so helpful !!!!! Thanks and more thanks.

Tabbycat aka Alice

You're very welcome! Don't forget to grab the extra goodies, we get around 8gb worth of gift content with the update

I have a version of Poser 2011, but I almost never use it. I prefer the 2014 version which is faster to boot and does not require a connection to the network. I am a little tired of these programs that need access to the network just to check their license.

Just wanted to check on this as I'm about to upgrade to Poser Pro 11. What is the seat licence for this as I can't find this info anywhere? I currently have an older version installed on my main PC and my laptop so that one machine can be rendering while I'm working on different software on the other. Does this still apply with the new version?

You can have poser 11 installed on more than one machine, however running more than one at a time is probably against the license restrictions (poser 2014 checked your local network and wouldn't let you run the program on two machines simultaneously). However poser 11 includes queue manager, which allows you to render over a local network without poser itself running on the other machine, so it is quite possible to render on one machine while working on another.. It also has a render in background option.

Nails60 posted at 12:14PM Sat, 30 May 2020 - #4390568

You can have poser 11 installed on more than one machine, however running more than one at a time is probably against the license restrictions (poser 2014 checked your local network and wouldn't let you run the program on two machines simultaneously). However poser 11 includes queue manager, which allows you to render over a local network without poser itself running on the other machine, so it is quite possible to render on one machine while working on another.. It also has a render in background option.

Ah - that's good to know, so it should work the same as my old version. Thanks!

This no longer works. My laptop Poser 11 now says I need to reactivate the license to use it, but gives me no option to do that. It says to reactivate it i need to deactivate on the other computer. Which is nonsense, I never run them at the same time.

Anyone know how to fix this?