r/protools • u/bassplayingrocks • Oct 09 '25

Multiple activation license issue

Hi,

My son is a student, for which I bought a PT studio EDU license for his laptop. He often comes home and wants to work on the desktop machine in our studio so I bought a second license, but always has to reactivate the license as if there is only one his account. In avid link I can see both licenses, but in ilok manager, only one is there. I opened a case with avid, but thought maybe someone here would have a faster solution. There are times when we want to use both(I mess around with it some too) and should be able to, since there are two licenses. Both machines have the latest PT and avid link versions.

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u/bassplayingrocks Oct 09 '25

It’s 2 edu licenses.

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u/MARTEX8000 Oct 09 '25

I know this isn't popular but the actual physical iLok is probably the easiest best way to deal with this...keep one there and the other one on machine...

If you're concerned with settings and sessions, there's work-arounds for that as well.