Texas Instruments TINSPIRE Software Installation Guidebook - Page 59

User Perspective for Borrowing a License Borrowing a license is a special feature of the concurrent license. If the administrator allows this feature in the setup.ini, it permits a license to be taken out of the constantly changing group of used and unused licenses for a set period of time. This period of time is also specified by the administrator in the setup.ini. When a teacher or student borrows a license, that license stays with the client machine and does not need to access the network when the user runs the application. The benefit is that the user can run the software when away from the network, such as when a teacher is at a conference. The negative is that the license does not return to the group of unused licenses when the user closes the application. The used license is unavailable to anyone else until either it is returned or the time limit of the borrowed license has expired. When the borrowing term has expired, the license is automatically returned to the group of unused licenses, ready to be used by the next client. The machine that has the expired license will not be able to run the application again until it can access the network. Borrowing a License Complete the following steps to borrow and return a license. 1. Click Help > Manage Subscription > Borrow License. This submenu is only available if running a concurrent subscription and the admin has allowed borrowing of licenses by settings in the setup.ini. Installing and Activating TI Software 55