This version often required a physical "Master Diskette" (floppy disk) to transfer the license onto your computer’s hard drive.
The next morning, I brought a USB external floppy drive to work. The plant's engineering laptop—a Dell from 2007 running Windows XP—accepted the disk without complaint. The installer ran. No license prompt. No activation failure. No "contact your distributor." Just a clean, full installation of RSLogix 500, CPR9, with every feature unlocked. rslogix 500 81000 cpr9 w master disk exclusive
Assuming a legally-obtained, licensed copy of the software is where you got the master disk, the master disk contains "activation" PLCTalk.net This version often required a physical "Master Diskette"
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