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Workstation Pro Now Free for Commercial but my evaluation is still showing expired after upgrading to 17.6.1

  • 1.  Workstation Pro Now Free for Commercial but my evaluation is still showing expired after upgrading to 17.6.1

    Posted Nov 21, 2024 12:59 PM

    Hi All,

    Just looking for answers on how to get the Workstation pro fully working after evaluation period has expired. I downloaded the most recent 17.6.1 version hoping it would just upgrade my expired evaluation into a fully-working copy but it didn't. I do note that this version was released before the announcement so was wondering if I just need to wait a little bit more for the version that will not need a key to get full featured?

    Regards,

    Francis



  • 2.  RE: Workstation Pro Now Free for Commercial but my evaluation is still showing expired after upgrading to 17.6.1

    Posted Nov 23, 2024 05:15 AM

      Hi Francis,

      You downloaded Workstation before which announcement, because there were two in recent weeks? That it's free for personal use or that it's free for commercial use as well. If before both, then download it again, uninstall, then install and choose "Personal use" if it's still an option on the license screen during installation. If there's no such screen any more then Broadcom has released the updated version which does away with licensing altogether.

      Morc


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