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Re-Flash a Nonconfigurable USB Hardware Key

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Re-Flash a Nonconfigurable USB Hardware Key

About this task

From the Advanced tab of the License Client, you can re-flash the licensing information on a nonconfigurable GE USB hardware key.

Note: Re-flashing the licensing information on a non-configurable GE USB hardware key overwrites all existing information and replaces it with the contents of the image file that was supplied by GE.

Note: The image file can be re-flashed only to the non-configurable GE USB hardware key it was intended for. If you attempt to re-flash to a different hardware key, an error message is displayed.

Procedure

From the License Client, click the Advanced tab.
The Do you need to do something else? page appears.
If necessary, plug in a non-configurable GE USB Hardware Key.

Note: It takes about 30-40 seconds for the software to read the key. Return to the Advanced tab to re-display the Do you need to do something else? page.
Click the ellipsis (...) to open a file explorer window and locate the image file supplied by GE.
Select the file and click Open to display the file on the License Client page.
Click Re-flash USB Key.
A message indicates that the re-flash of licensing information on the non-configurable GE USB hardware key was successful.