To enter/change the license code on your installation of SPSS in order to renew your license for the year, follow these instructions:
Windows
- In the Start menu, select All Programs.
- In your list of programs, you will see a folder called either SPSS or IBM SPSS Statistics. Open that folder.
- In that folder, you will see a program called either SPSS License Authorization Wizard or IBM SPSS Statistics License Authorization Wizard.
- Right-click the License Authorization Wizard icon, and select Run As Administrator.
- Log in to a Windows user account with full Administrator access rights. (If you do not have a Windows user account with full Administrator rights, please see your local system administrator or technical support provider.)
- The License Authorization Wizard should then launch.
- The wizard should display the License Status window, which shows the authorization status for all detected SPSS components. Click Next.
- On the Product Authorization window, select the button next to Authorized user license. Click Next.
- Enter the authorization code you received in the SPSS license information email in the “Enter Code:” box, and then click Next.
- If successful, the installer should report “Successfully processed all codes.” Click Next.
- Click Finish. You have now completed the installation and license the authorization of your new SPSS software.
Mac OS X:
- In your Applications folder, start SPSS Statistics.
- Close the opening Welcome to IBM SPSS Statistics window.
- Choose “Manage License” from the very bottom of the File menu.
- Click on the Launch License Wizard button in the Manage License window.
- The IBM SPSS License Authorization Wizard will open.
- Click on the “Next >” button in the License Status Window.
- Make sure “Authorized user license” is selected in the Product Authorization window, then click on the “Next >” button.
- Enter or copy/paste the License Authorization Code you received into the Enter Code: box and click the “Add” button, then click the “Next >” button.
- You should see, “Authorization succeeded” and “Successfully processed all codes” messages in the Internet Authorization Status window, then click the “Next >” button.
- Click the “Finish” button in the “Licensing Completed” window. You have now completed the installation and license the authorization of your new SPSS software.