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I have had it happen to me. Even putting the computer back on power did not fix the license error. I had to run the authorization wizard again to get SPSS to work. SPSS support told me that as long as it was not a new install on the computer, rerunning the authorization wizard did not count toward the site license total used. I have had other problems with the licensing and whether I was connected to the Internet or not. I contacted SPSS and was told the following from an SPSS service person: "I am told that the only time SPSS checks is when the application is first launched, so once the program is open you can go online and offline at will. Evidently they did not consider a situation where a customer would be opening and closing the application at the same time as going on and offline. However, this has definitely been brought to the attention of the development team." "What happens is that the lock code of your machine changes based on online status and if you go to restart SPSS in a different status it will misfire." I had to wait about 1/2 hour for SPSS to reset the lock code so that the program would run again. You can go to the SPSS support web site, log in as guest with a password of guest and write an email with your problem. They will eventually respond. Or you can search their knowledge base. Margaret At 02:09 PM 2/8/2007, STeve Andre' wrote: > We don't have any form of tech support from SPSS with our >edu stite licence of SPSS15, do we? > > Since I'm pretty sure we don't, perhaps someone has seen >the folowing. I have a user who got a new T60 Thnkpad; I >put SPSS on it and authorized it, etc. The user says that SPSS >runs just fine with the AC power plugged in, but starts to >crab about licence problems when on the battery! I have >not seen this myself yet, but I have faith that this is in fact >real. > > Has anyone seen this? Have I missed commentary some >where about this? At a guess, I am thinking that at auth >time SPSS records the speed of the CPU, as a part of its >paranoia about being illegally cloned. When changing >the AC power supply state, the CPU speed changes and >thus the notice of license problems. > > If anyone knows of this, I'd love to know. > >thanks, > >--STeve Andre' >Political Science ----------- Margaret Beaver, Information Technologist II Department of Agricultural Economics Michigan State University PO Box 253, Laporte CO 80535 TEL: 970-494-0305 FAX: 970-494-0305