Forum: Poser 12


Subject: Can I install Poser 12 on 2 computers?

peter_wade opened this issue on Mar 11, 2023 ยท 8 posts


peter_wade posted Sat, 11 March 2023 at 11:09 AM

I'd like to install Poser 12 on 2 computers. I'd only only use it on one at a time and no-one else would use it on either machine. I don't know if this is allowed under the licence conditions.



Richard60 posted Sat, 11 March 2023 at 11:34 AM

I have it installed on 3 computers.  You can only use one at a time.  And there is a time limit as to when you can install it on another computer if for some reason you need to change where it is installed.  I don't know what that time limit is.

Poser 5, 6, 7, 8, Poser Pro 9 (2012), 10 (2014), 11, 12, 13


hborre posted Sat, 11 March 2023 at 1:57 PM

I don't think there is a time limit at all.  It was a while before I loaded P12 on my second computer.


Richard60 posted Sat, 11 March 2023 at 3:24 PM

The time limit applies if you try to install on more then 3 computers.


Poser 5, 6, 7, 8, Poser Pro 9 (2012), 10 (2014), 11, 12, 13


peter_wade posted Sat, 11 March 2023 at 6:13 PM

Thank you for your replies, it makes things clearer.

I assume that if you want to install on a fourth computer you have to de-install from another one. I don't expect that I will but the reason I am thinking of installing on a second is because the computer I am using now is fairly old and getting a bit unreliable. If it does fail completely and I can't de-install from it I would still have two installations I could use.   


Richard60 posted Sat, 11 March 2023 at 8:16 PM

There is no de-installation like there was for Poser 11 when it was sold by Smith Micro.  You just can't install on multiple computers in a short time span.  So if you install on the 3 computers and one dies as long as it has been a while since you last installed and ran it you should be fine.  What they don't want is for you to install on 25 computers in a couple of days.

Poser 5, 6, 7, 8, Poser Pro 9 (2012), 10 (2014), 11, 12, 13


NikKelly posted Tue, 14 March 2023 at 7:34 AM

Should / Could there be a discount for a full second license ??


Richard60 posted Tue, 14 March 2023 at 12:38 PM

You can always ask the sales team.  I know if you buy a number of them (for something like a computer lab at a school) they have a discount.

Poser 5, 6, 7, 8, Poser Pro 9 (2012), 10 (2014), 11, 12, 13