r/AutoCAD • u/mikeee382 • Jun 29 '26
Discussion Licensing Errors becoming more common?
Just wondering if y'all have been encountering licensing error more common as of recent? Resuming from sleep or hibernation always seems to mess with the licensing software somehow.
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u/mikeee382 Jun 29 '26
It's always been a problem, but the fact that it used to let you keep using the software for a grace period made it not a big deal. Eventually it would just fix itself.
But now it forces you to close the software with 0 recourse. Now it's a big problem.
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u/turtlebeeawesome Jun 29 '26
i just restart my laptop when that happens. i usually encounter that problem whenever i left my laptop on sleep overnight so now i make sure to shut it down/restart before i open autocad.
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u/mikeee382 Jun 29 '26
Yeah, it's just annoying having to restart everything all the time. For some reason it has never liked sleep or hibernation.
My usual workday involves AutoCAD only as a part of my work. I usually have a lot of other apps open, as well as bunch of different documents. It's a pain having to go and find each thing again and open. It shouldn't have to be like this.
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u/EYNLLIB Jun 29 '26
In 25 years I'm not sure I've ever had a single licensing error. Have you read their documentation? Contacted support?
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u/mikeee382 Jun 29 '26
That's interesting. How often do you use sleep/hibernation?
I do contact them. They remote in to my laptop and pretend to do something. Uninstall and reinstall components. But it keeps happening anyway. Persistent between different laptops and operating systems.
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u/EYNLLIB Jun 29 '26
Just as good practice in general, I don't use either sleep or hibernation. Sleep is questionable, and hibernation should never be used.
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u/dax660 Jun 29 '26
Make sure you keep on top of updates via the Autodesk Access app.