Proper way to upgrade os without products coming up tilt?

[Bradley Keen]

Good morning,
I am a long time Toontrack user (EZdrummer, EZdrummer 2, EZmix, EZkeys) who is currently using windows 7.
My DAW of choice is Reaper and everything is running great but I am thinking it is time to upgrade my os to windows 10.
Can anyone suggest the best way to go about that without having all of my toontrack programs or licenses come up tilt?
Do I deauthorize and uninstall first?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Brad

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[John]

Hi,

if you have your Toontrack software updated (please check with the Toontrack Product Manager), going from Windows 7 to Windows 10 shouldn’t mess anything up.
If you decide to perform a clean install of the OS and wipe the drive, then yes, I would Deauthorize first.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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Thanked by: scotofil

[scotofil]

Hi,

just as a sanity check since this thread is more than a year old: has anything changed ever since?

I’m running EZD2 2.1.6 x64 with some EZXs and MIDI libraries alongside TPM 1.0.7 on my Win7 PC, and I’m about to do a scratch installation of Win10 on the same hardware; is the below approach still correct:

1. Uninstall MIDI packs
2. De-authorise each EZX
3. Uninstall each EZX
4. De-authorize EZD2
5. Uninstall EZD2
6. Scratch install Win10
7. Download, install, authorize & update EZD2 -> EZXs -> MIDI packs again

Thanks in advance, BR,
Mátyás

Operating system: Windows 7

[John]

Well,

if it’s exactly the same hardware, you should not need to go through the uninstallation and de-authorization. Just scratch install Win 10, download the PM and then Download & Install your products. The PM should see your PC as already Authorized. Alternatively use the same Auths again.

In any way you’re not “left in the cold”, just let us know if you run into any problems.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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