Q:
How do I upgrade from a trial installation once I have purchased a licence key?

A:
The process to upgrade from a trial install is a fairly simple 4 step process and will not affect any ISA settings or firewall rules. The process involves:
  1. Importing the new licence file
  2. Building a new client setup package
  3. Removing the old trial client setup package
  4. Installing the new client setup package

Step 1

  • To install a Retail or Volume licence, extract the new licence file (In .xml format) from the zip file that you received from Winfrasoft and copy it to your VPN server where VPN-Q 2006 Server Administrator is already installed as a trial.
  • Open the VPN-Q 2006 Server Administrator, select the VPN Client tab and  click on the Browse... button in the Licence file section. Locate the XML licence file that you copied onto the server previously and click Open.
  • Ensure that the new licence details are correct as shown on the VPN Client tab and that the licence status has been successfully verified. If there it an issue with the licence file please contact support@winfrasoft.com for assistance before continuing.
  • Click Apply to save the changes.

Step 2

  • Recreate the client package by clicking the Create... button and saving the client package to a .exe file.

Step 3

  • On the remote VPN clients remove the trial version of the VPN-Q 2006 client. To uninstall VPN-Q 2006 client software on a client’s system, simply select the VPN connection as displayed in “Show All Connections” and press the delete key.

Step 4

  • Once the trial version has been removed, install the new client setup package which contains the Retail or Volume licence file.

 

Note: We are working to simplify this process in the next version of VPN-Q.