Intermittent "You do not have a license to use this product" messages on Windows 8.x

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After getting assurances from Sage implementation partner BAASS Business Solutions and reading compatibility guides at Sage website we upgraded from Sage 5.5 to Sage 300 ERP 2012 last summer. Since then all of our Accpac users who have standard user accounts on Windows 8.x have been intermittently getting "You do not have a license to use this product" when they start the program or while using it. We can only fix this error by deleting affected user  profile on Windows 8. But after a few hours/days/weeks, the error message reoccurs. As deleting profiles also removes users Outlook, printer and other windows application settings, it creates a lot of IT work for our helpdesk team.

We spent months with Sage Technical support but they did not provide a solution. We cannot/do not want to make these users administrators as we are in compliance with  principle of least privilege principle.

We do not know what triggers this error message and why it happens suddenly.None of the steps provided on Sage KB or internet applies to this case.

Please do not offer the solution like below because it does not work/apply to this case:

http://sagecity.na.sage.com/support_communities/sage300_erp/b/sage_300_erp_supporthub/archive/2014/04/29/permission-denied-troubleshooting-the-you-do-not-have-a-license-to-use-this-product-error.aspx

Any help will be greatly appreciated as long as it does not require to assign administrative privileges to regular users.

Many Thanks


 

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  • 0

    Win8 is a bear.

    Right click the Sage 300 icon, select Properties, Compatibility

    Under Priviledge Level check the box next to Run this program as an administrator.

    If you are OCD then you can click on Change settings for all users and apply the same change.

    YMMV

  • 0 in reply to Ettienne Schwagele

    We tried this however we cannot go and enter administrative password every time a user wants to use Sage.

    The program stops suddenly and throws this error. For example a user could be using the application for weeks without having any problem. In few cases users close the program went to lunch, came back and received the error message when they start it again.  

  • 0 in reply to EGCAN

    Additionally these 2 errors are being  logged in Events Log

    Log Name:      Application

    Source:        ACCPAC

    Date:          3/6/2014 10:40:08 AM

    Event ID:      100

    Task Category: None

    Level:         Error

    Keywords:      Classic

    User:          N/A

    Description:

    ib.c - 3811 - IB - Bad HPIB in ibUnloadLangDlls

    Event Xml:

    <Event xmlns="schemas.microsoft.com/.../event">

     <System>

       <Provider Name="ACCPAC" />

       <EventID Qualifiers="0">100</EventID>

       <Level>2</Level>

       <Task>0</Task>

       <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

       <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-03-06T15:40:08.000000000Z" />

       <EventRecordID>45781</EventRecordID>

       <Channel>Application</Channel>

       <Security />

     </System>

     <EventData>

       <Data>ib.c - 3811 - IB - Bad HPIB in ibUnloadLangDlls</Data>

     </EventData>

    </Event>

    Log Name:      Application

    Source:        ACCPAC

    Date:          3/6/2014 10:40:08 AM

    Event ID:      101

    Task Category: None

    Level:         Error

    Keywords:      Classic

    User:          N/A

    Description:

    Error: In ib.c at 762 - ibRestartSIB - invalid Sib -1

    Event Xml:

    <Event xmlns="schemas.microsoft.com/.../event">

     <System>

       <Provider Name="ACCPAC" />

       <EventID Qualifiers="0">101</EventID>

       <Level>2</Level>

       <Task>0</Task>

       <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

       <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-03-06T15:40:08.000000000Z" />

       <EventRecordID>45783</EventRecordID>

       <Channel>Application</Channel>

       <Security />

     </System>

     <EventData>

       <Data>In ib.c at 762 - ibRestartSIB - invalid Sib -1</Data>

     </EventData>

    </Event>

  • 0 in reply to EGCAN

    I suspect SMB 3.0 has been implemented.  Just guessing, disabling on the server or the Windows 8 PCs may help.  support.microsoft.com/.../2696547

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