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bewen
Occasional Contributor
2 years ago

TestComplete thinks im running on a virtual machine

Hi, im trying to load up TestComplete on my system, I have a fixed license to be able to use TestComplete. Everything was working fine yesterday, but today TestComplete is saying I am running the app...
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pstjohn
Occasional Contributor

Is it just me or does anyone else find the limitation of not being able to run TestComplete with a fixed license on a system with virtualization enabled ridiculous?  The licensing page says I can't use a fixed license if running on a VM, but doesn't tell say anything about virtualization simply being enabled. The 'error' message also does not indicate this. 

I guess it's just crazy to think a developer or QA tester would have any need to run VMs....

Marsha_R's avatar
Marsha_R
Moderator
10 months ago

Floating licenses work fine and you can always just keep it to one user. 

  • pstjohn's avatar
    pstjohn
    Occasional Contributor
    10 months ago

    It's also 2x the cost.  So you suggest one should pay double to past a silly limitation??

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    Marsha_R
    Moderator
    10 months ago

    Silly to you. Azure Devops is silly to me, yet Microsoft does not bend to my standards.

    You always have the option of posting a suggestion here

    https://community.smartbear.com/category/testcomplete_forum/ideas/testxcompletefeaturerequests

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      pstjohn
      Occasional Contributor
      10 months ago

      Yes, silly to me.  The customer.  Also,

      1. Not mentioned on the licensing page,
      2. Not mentioned in the 'error' dialog you get when attempting to run the product,
      3. Not mentioned during the sales cycle when the licensing was being decided on,
      4. A common configuration for practitioners of the trade (which won't work!)

      Yep.  Silly to me.