Refreshing a floating licence online is straightforward:


  • Bring up the SCP Licence Server (see 'Installing a Floating Licence Server'). You'll need to do this with administrator rights
  • Click "Remove licence server"
  • Click "Install licence server". You may need to enter the licence key again, depending on the version of the licence server tool.
  • Restart SCP to get the new licence information.


If you are using offline activations, the process is a little longer:


  • Open a command prompt with administrator privileges (this is done by default if you are an administrator on a server)
  • Navigate to the folder the licence server is installed to
  • Run this command to stop and uninstall the Windows service:


SCPFloatServer_x86.exe -u


  • Generate a deactivation request file, and then a new activation request (note that you don't need the key here as it is retained from the previous activation):


SCPFloatServer_x86.exe -deact=DeactivationRequest.xml

SCPFloatServer_x86.exe -a -areq=ActivationRequest.xml


  • Send the created files to support@ist.org.uk. We will process them and send back an activation response file. Save it to the same folder and run this command:


SCPFloatServer_x86.exe -a -aresp=ActivationResponse.xml


  • The licence server is now activated, but isn't yet running. This command will install and start the Windows service:


SCPFloatServer_x86.exe -i