====== 05 Licensing ======

===== Licenses Types =====

  * [[https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/09/deployment-and-debug-licenses-for-ni-software.html|Deployment and Debug Licenses for NI Software]]

  * [[https://www.ni.com/de-de/support/documentation/supplemental/21/labview-licensing-for-continuous-integration-and-continuous-deve.html|LabVIEW Licensing for Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) Systems]]

===== Change LabVIEW Registered Owner and Company =====

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000YIUHCA4&l=de-DE

=== For LabVIEW 2017 and Later ===

You must change the NI.com account associated with the product through NI License manager on the computer. The account can be changed when activating a product.

  - In NI License Manager, log out and back in 


=== For LabVIEW 2016 and Earlier ===

  - Navigate to ''C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\National Instruments\LVProductDLLInfo''
  - Open the .ini file (eg ''12.0.0 » LabVIEW_ADE_120000.ini'')
  - Change the ''RegisteredOrganization = ‘xxxxxxx’'' to the appropriate organization
  - Change the ''RegisteredOwner = ‘xxxxxxx’'' to the appropriate owner

===== License Files =====

    C:\ProgramData\National Instruments\License Manager\Licenses

===== License Manager Logging =====

  * [[https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000kJwpSAE&l=en-GB|Enabling NI License Manager Logging]]