SPSS Tutorial - How to Perform an Offline License Activation on a Windows Computer

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1 SPSS Tutorial - How to Perform an Offline License Activation on a Windows Computer Only Computers That DO NOT Have an Internet Connection Need to Do This If the computer you want to activate SPSS on does not have an internet connection then you will need to activate SPSS using the offline method which involves sending a special to IBM. IBM will then send you back an containing the offline license keys you'll need to fully activate SPSS. Step 1 - Generate the Information Needed for the License Key Request You'll Send to IBM Step 2 - Send the License Key Request From a Different Computer Which Has an Internet Connection Step 3 - Enter the License Key(s) IBM s Back to You Into the SPSS License Authorization Wizard Program Step 1 - Generate the Information Needed for the License Key Request You'll Send to IBM Launch the License Authorization Wizard program. The program will be listed in your Start menu where all your other installed programs are listed. Look for a program folder named "IBM SPSS Statistics" or something similar. Open that folder and you should see a program named something like "IBM SPSS Statistics 23 License Authorization Wizard". The listed SPSS version number may be different on your computer. Right-click on the program's icon and choose the option to "Run as administrator". Starting the SPSS License Authorization Wizard in Windows 10: You Must Run the SPSS License Authorization Wizard as Administrator Do not ignore the step about right-clicking the License Authorization Wizard program icon and selecting the option to "Run as administrator". If you don't do this the program will fail to properly activate your SPSS installation. In the screen that appears, click the Next > button to advance to the next screen.

2 Choose the option License my product now and click the button to advance to the next screen. In the screen that appears type in the SPSS Authorization Code( s) you received from UT. You or your departmental software representative should have received an from the UT Software Distribution and Sales (SDS) group which contains your assigned SPSS authorization code(s). This code could also be printed on a sticker attached to the pouch your SPSS CDs came in. If you received more than one SPSS authorization code then you'll need to click the Enter additional codes link to bring up a form to enter more than one code. After you enter all of your SPSS authorization codes press the Next > button to continue. You will now be presented with a screen that says the authorization process failed due to an internet connection error. This is to be expected. Press the Next > button to continue.

3 In the screen that appears select the " Web-based " option. Then press the Next > button to continue. The next screen has the step-by-step instructions for sending the special license code request to IBM. It provides you with the exact subject line you'll need to specify, the address to send it to, and what the body of the should be. Since your computer does not have an internet connection you'll need to send the out from a different computer that does have a working internet connection. Leave the SPSS License Authorization Wizard program running and proceed to the next step. Step 2 - Send the License Key Request From a Different Computer Which Has an Internet Connection

4 Insert a USB drive into the computer. This is where you are going to create a text file containing the information you need to put into the to IBM. Now start up any text editor program on the computer. You can use the built-in Notepad program which is located in the Windows programs menu under the Accessories folder. If you are using Windows 10, press the Start menu button and type the word "notepad" without the quotes. The Notepad program icon should pop up which you can click on to start the program. Starting the Notepad program in Windows 10: With your text editor program still running, click back on the SPSS License Authorization Wizard program window in order to bring it into the foreground. Click the Copy button to copy all of the text you'll need to paste into the body of the you send to IBM. Then click back on your text editor program and paste the text into it. You can paste by pressing Control+ V on your keyboard or from the text editor program's top menu bar select E dit Paste. After you paste the body contents into the text editor program, save the text file to the USB drive you inserted into the computer. Take note of the IBM address you'll need to send the to and the 's subject line displayed in the SPSS License Authorization Wizard program. After you save the information which you'll need to to IBM, press the Next > button to continue.

5 You will now see the final screen of the SPSS License Authorization Wizard. You can either leave this screen up to enter the license key(s) you receive back from IBM or you can press the Finish button and restart the program again later after you receive the license key(s) back from IBM. Now take your USB drive to a different computer that has a working internet connection where you can send s from. Launch whatever program you normally use and create a new . In the new specify in the "To" field the IBM address you took note of in the previous step. Next type in the EXACT subject line that you took note of in the previous step. Case sensitivity matters so type the subject line exactly as it was displayed in the SPSS License Authorization Wizard program. Next open up the text file you created on the USB drive and copy-and-paste the contents of the text file into the new you are creating. Make sure the body of your is exactly as what was displayed in the SPSS License Authorization Wizard program. Don't leave any extra blank lines before or after the text you copy-and-pasted. Also be sure to remove any extra text from the like your signature. The only thing that should be in the body of the is the text that was displayed in the SPSS License Authorization Wizard program which was what you should have copied to the text file on the USB drive. After you are done constructing the send it off to IBM. Now you'll need to wait for IBM to respond back to your . How Long Does It Take For IBM To Respond? It may take anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours before you get an response back from IBM. Typically you should receive a response back within an hour. Near the beginning of the Fall semester it will probably take about 1-2 hours. If after 24 hours you don't receive a response, try sending the again and also double-check that you used the precise address, subject line, and body. You can send the same you sent before - no need to repeat the process of generating a new authorization code. Step 3 - Enter the License Key(s) IBM s Back to You Into the SPSS License Authorization Wizard Program

6 The reply you receive back from IBM will contain your SPSS license keys. These keys are very long so to make things easier you can copy and paste them into the text file you created on your USB drive in order to transfer them to the computer which has SPSS installed. See Step 2 for instructions on how to copy-and-paste from a program into a text file on the USB drive. Example of what reply back from IBM looks like: You Need the Entire License Key Line in the You are going to need the entire license key which consists of a very long string of letters, numbers, and symbols along with more information after this string. In the example screenshot to the right, there are 3 license keys. The first license key starts just after the colon in the words "License Key:" and ends at the END of the line which in the example screenshot wraps to the next line of the screen and ends after the blurred out text for the "Auth Code". It is recommended you just copy the body of the entire and paste that into the text file on your USB drive to transfer it to the computer with SPSS installed. Now start up the SPSS License Authorization Wizard program again on the computer with SPSS installed. In the screen that appears, click the Next > button to advance to the next screen. Choose the option License my product now and click the button to advance to the next screen.

7 In the screen that appears copy-and-paste the License Key(s) yo u received back from IBM. If you received more than one SPSS license key then you'll need to click the Enter additional codes li nk to bring up a form to enter more than one license key. After you enter all of your SPSS license keys press the Next > button to continue. Specify the Complete License Key Line From the IBM Remember, you need to copy-and-paste the entire License Key line that appeared in the IBM sent back to you. Copy everything that appears after the colon in "License Key:" to the end of the line in the IBM . Paste this entire line into the code field in the SPSS License Authorization Wizard program. You'll now see a status screen informing you of the results of processing the license key information you just entered. Press the Next > button to continue. The final screen of the program will appear informing you whether or not you were successful at entering the license key information. Press the Finish button to close the program. If you currently have SPSS open, close it and restart it in order for the change to take effect. Your SPSS program should now be licensed and activated.