Offline Activation of a Standard License

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  1. Go to your customer page and use one of the available Install Q Professional links.
  2. Click the button Install license only.
  3. A file named Your Company Name – Q Professional – Expires DD-MMM-YY.qlic will be downloaded.
  4. Copy the file to the computer with Q installed.
  5. Double-click the file on the computer.
  6. You will then see the License Agreement. Click Continue.
  7. You will see a message explaining that online activation failed:
  8. Click Save Offline Activation File...
  9. Save the file (named Q License Activation.qact) to your desktop, then copy it to a computer with Internet access.
  10. Close the message by clicking the X icon on the top-right of the message.
  11. Q will then start in unlicensed mode. Close Q.
  12. On your computer with Internet access, visit the web page https://www.q-researchsoftware.com/qlicensing/activate.aspx
  13. Click the Choose file button on the page, and select the Q License Activation.qact file you saved earlier.
  14. Then the web page will change to the following:
  15. Click the Download button.
  16. A file named Your Company Name – Q Professional – Expires DD-MMM-YY (1).qlic will be downloaded.
  17. Copy this new file to the computer with Q installed.
  18. Double-click the file on the computer.
  19. You will then see the License Agreement. Click Continue.
  20. Q will then start.


You can confirm the license has been successfully installed by looking at the title of the Q window. It will say No Project Loaded - Q Professional.