ETAP v11.0

[manuel_cv]

I tried the automation solution on v11.0 but without joy... anyone else have that problem

Same here I just tried both methods, using -----lock and run as date.

For -----lock the solution works only for the first time, at the second time you open the access that -----lock creates, ETAP ask you for activation serial, and you have to delete the .lck file. And then repeat the process.

For the run as date solution, it works every time you open ETAP, but when you use the software for more than 30 min you get a warning about the license manager and ETAP close.

I don´t know if I am missing something but I follow all the installation steps, creating the ECP port, etc. Someone could check these and report back please.

[pushead76]

Same here I just tried both methods, using -----lock and run as date.

For -----lock the solution works only for the first time, at the second time you open the access that -----lock creates, ETAP ask you for activation serial, and you have to delete the .lck file. And then repeat the process.

For the run as date solution, it works every time you open ETAP, but when you use the software for more than 30 min you get a warning about the license manager and ETAP close.

I don´t know if I am missing something but I follow all the installation steps, creating the ECP port, etc. Someone could check these and report back please.

manuel, intenta con este bat:

@ ECHO OFF
cd C:\ETAP 1100
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe" e -o+ "C:\ETAP 1100\etaps.lck.rar"
"C:\ETAP 1100\RunAsDate.exe" /movetime /returntime 30 01\04\2014 00:00:00 "C:\ETAP 1100\ETAPS.EXE"
echo Z@8cUuS5w#nytVgCfvvccA%tDDu4jD6aNb?K
pause

Añadiendo "/movetime" ya no saldrá el limite de 30min, y con "/returntime 30" el programa vuelve a la fecha actual pasado 30s para que puedas sacar los informes con fecha actual, además de que no afecta al limite de 30min.

Yo tengo W8 y para que todo esto funcione, el runasdate.exe debe ejecutarse en modo administrador. Espero que os sirva.

[pushead76]

Same here I just tried both methods, using -----lock and run as date.

For -----lock the solution works only for the first time, at the second time you open the access that -----lock creates, ETAP ask you for activation serial, and you have to delete the .lck file. And then repeat the process.

For the run as date solution, it works every time you open ETAP, but when you use the software for more than 30 min you get a warning about the license manager and ETAP close.

I don´t know if I am missing something but I follow all the installation steps, creating the ECP port, etc. Someone could check these and report back please.

manuel, intenta con este bat:

@ ECHO OFF
cd C:\ETAP 1100
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe" e -o+ "C:\ETAP 1100\etaps.lck.rar"
"C:\ETAP 1100\RunAsDate.exe" /movetime /returntime 30 01\04\2014 00:00:00 "C:\ETAP 1100\ETAPS.EXE"
echo Z@8cUuS5w#nytVgCfvvccA%tDDu4jD6aNb?K
pause

Con "/movetime" ya no aparece el limite de 30min, y con "/returntime 30" el programa vuelve a la fecha actual pasado 30s para que puedas sacar los informes con fecha actual, sin afectar al limite de 30min.

Yo tengo W8 y para que todo esto funcione, el runasdate.exe debe ejecutarse en modo administrador. Espero que os sirva.

[surgeArrester]

Same here I just tried both methods, using -----lock and run as date.

For -----lock the solution works only for the first time, at the second time you open the access that -----lock creates, ETAP ask you for activation serial, and you have to delete the .lck file. And then repeat the process.

For the run as date solution, it works every time you open ETAP, but when you use the software for more than 30 min you get a warning about the license manager and ETAP close.

I don´t know if I am missing something but I follow all the installation steps, creating the ECP port, etc. Someone could check these and report back please.

I would disagree on this. I have been using c.r.a.c.k.lock until and it works. When you applied c.r.a.c.klock you have to create a shortcut on it. Mine works.

I dont know how you did it. I think that you did not create a short cut of etap from the c.r.a.c.k.lock manager and then make it run as admin.

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[surgeArrester]

I am even using windows 8.1 x32bit

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[sayed_hu95]

can you please help me
by collectiong all the links to be downloaded in one message
because we have 40 pages i search but in vain
regards

[sayed_hu95]

can you please help me
by collectiong all the links to be downloaded in one message
because we have 40 pages i search but in vain
regards

[manuel_cv]

Thanks a lot pushead76.

So there are two solutions, -----lock and runasdate. Double check now, both of them works. I preffer Runasdate.

Runasdate solution step by step:
1. Before run ETAP, change the computer day before April 20 2014
2. Delete a small file called ETAPS.lck located in ETAP 11 folder, if you don´t have it go to next step.
3. Run ETAP as usual
4. If required introduce the Activation Code Z@8cUuS5w#nytVgCfvvccA%tDDu4jD6aNb?K
5. ETAP should work
6. Close ETAP
7. Use Winrar or any compression application to store ETAPS.lck. Mine is stored at c:\ETAP 1100\etaps.lck.rar
8. Download RunAsDate and extract it to ETAP folder
9. Change your computer date to the actual date
10. Open a blank Notepad file and copy the next lines:

@ ECHO OFF
cd C:\ETAP 1100
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe" e -o+ "C:\ETAP 1100\etaps.lck.rar"
"C:\ETAP 1100\RunAsDate.exe" /movetime /returntime 30 01\04\2014 00:00:00 "C:\ETAP 1100\ETAPS.EXE"
exit

11. Change in second line to your the ETAP 11 directory.
12. Change Winrar directory if needed.
12a. UnRAR.exe is winrar CMD application to extract files. Option "e" is for extract. Option "-o+" is for overwrite destiny file
12b. With "/movetime" the 30 min warning no longer appears, and with "/returntime 30" ETAP uses the actual date after 30s, so your reports can have the correct date.
15. Save file with any name but extension (after .) *must* be .bat . To do this use Notepad and Save As command at File menu. When window appears change "Save as type" from .txt to "AllTyes". After that file could be named, say, "Run_ETAP.bat"

-----lock, at least for windows xp, it doesn´t work if you don´t overwrite the .lck file. Repeat all the previous 1 to 7 steps. Then:

8. Download -----lock
9. Open -----lock Manager, then add program and search for ETAPS.exe
10. Settings: Virtual date, pick a date before April 20 2014, Uncheck System-Wide; Runtime injection; Advanced-check Normal. (to surgearrester, i create the shorcut but the second time I open ETAP it ask for actv. code, for windows xp)
11. Change your computer date to the actual date
12. Open a blank Notepad file and copy the next lines:

cd C:\ETAP 1100
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe" e -o+ "C:\ETAP 1100\etaps.lck.rar"
"C:\Program Files\-----lock\Bin\MCL.exe" "C:\ETAP 1100\ETAPS.exe"
exit

13. Change in second line to your ETAP 11 directory.
14. Change Winrar directory if needed.Change -----lock directory if needed.
15. Same steps for runasdate methods.

Credits to all the previous friends that post the methods, I just re organized the info.

[fx007]

Great work, so it only checks time during startup. Can't we just ----- the.startup routine.so it does not check the time?

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[surgeArrester]

Yes no time only checks for the date. To manuel_cv, yes it wilk check for the second time. But i said that you have to run it as admin. Right click short cut then there is a tab that containg run s admin for permament solution.

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[surgeArrester]

By the way, i have also applied c.r.a.c.k.lock to different softwares and it works. Example is the dolphin volt software for designing.

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[fr.wardana]

Thank you very much for all who's been contributing so great to engineering community in this forum.
I have finally installed and run ETAP 11 in my laptop (Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit) successfully, again thank you for all the explanations and guides found all over this thread. In this post I will try to re-enact the path I took to install ETAP in my laptop, off course I just reorganized all of the infos found in all over this thread, much credits go to fx007, fperea, manuel_cv, surgeArrester, pushead, raj, and all who has been actively contributing to this thread:

1. First things first, make sure you have installed :
- A software to mount virtual DVD drive for .iso files such as Daemon, Alcohol120%, ultraiso, etc
- WinRar to extract the ETAP Installation iso file from the archive

2. Download links for ETAP .iso installation files:

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For part 1-16, each file is 97.657 KB in size, whereas part 17 size is 89.397 KB --> after download each .rar file, make sure to open it with WinRar to check if your downloaded file is not corrupted (WinRar opens without any warning/alert message)

3. Extract the archive using the password:
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4. All those files will merge into single .iso file. Before proceeding to install, you must first create a virtual ECP Port:

Right Click My Computer --> Properties --> Device Manager --> Ports (COM & LPT) --> in the Action Tab, click “Add legacy hardware” --> click Next --> choose "Install hardware manually (Advanced)” --> Choose Ports (COM & LPT) --> Click Next --> Choose Manufacturer : (Standard), Model : ECP Printer Port --> click Next --> Finish --> Right click on new ECP Port --> on the "Port Setting" tab, Change setting to Never use an interrupt, check Enable legacy Plug and Play, and select LPT1 --> on the "Resources" tab, uncheck Use automatic setting --> click Change Setting --> input 03BC - 03BE for I/O Range

This I/O range will initially conflict with existing PCI Bus on some hardware, if yes just ignore it and proceed to restart your computer, the BIOS will take care of it

5. And dont forget to download this Link also, this contains the -C******-c-k- files for ETAP 11:

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You can extract it now or later

6. Turn off/temporarily disable your antivirus and internet connection and go back to your extracted ETAP .iso file, Mount it with your preferred software (Daemon, Alcohol, or anything), and Run ETAP Installer --> Choose to install ETAP 11.0.0 and wait until they finish and close the installer

7. Open Control Panel --> Security and System --> Administative tools --> Services, stop Etaps Lic Mgr service

8. Look back to your donwloaded rar files from no.5, extract them now and Copy *.dll and *.exe files to the C:\Program Files\Operation Technology Inc\Etap License Manager 1100\ --> overwrite all

9. Start "Etaps Lic Mngr" service again.

10. Change your computer's date and time setting to sometime before 20 April 2014, lets just pick 1 April 2014, leave the time setting as is

11. Start ETAPS.exe, if anything is okey it will ask for an activation code. Use this code below:
Z@8cUuS5w#nytVgCfvvccA%tDDu4jD6aNb?K

12. If there's a message telling code is invalid, close ETAP and delete a small file called ETAPS.lck located in ETAP 11 folder (mine is located in C:\ETAP 1100\)

13. Run ETAPS.exe again, it should work now!!!

14. Before tempted to proceeding to use this software, close ETAP again

15. Use Winrar to archive "ETAPS.lck" file, rename the file to "etaps.lck.rar" and store it in ETAP folder C:\ETAP 1100\
And DON'T delete the existing etaps.lck files, just leave it be

Now the next procedures are meant only for "fooling" the ETAP license manager into thinking that it is started before 20 April 2014 to prevent from the License Manager giving you "Activation Code is Expired" message, but fortunately this checkpoint is ONLY required during first startup, after ETAP is "fooled" and the program is already running in idle, we can change back the date into actual current date again so the report we generate from ETAP studies can have the correct date and time --> therefore I pretty much agree with manuel_cv and prefer to use RunAsDate method since it has the option to "Return to current date and time" after a defined amount of time --> how many seconds you need for the initial startup of ETAP, because after that initial program startup, ETAP License will ignore the date and time --> exactly as confirmed above by fx007 and manuel_cv

16. Download RunAsDate and extract it to your ETAP folder, normally C:\ETAP 1100

17. Change your computer date back to the actual current date

18. Open a blank Notepad file and copy the next lines:

@ ECHO OFF
cd C:\ETAP 1100
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe" e -o+ "C:\ETAP 1100\etaps.lck.rar"
"C:\ETAP 1100\RunAsDate.exe" /movetime /returntime 30 01\04\2014 21:00:00 "C:\ETAP 1100\ETAPS.EXE"
exit

19. Change the second line to your the ETAP 11 directory if you installed it to a different directory

20. Change Winrar directory if needed --> mine is winrar 64-bit, for users with Win 64-bit but using winrar 32-bit, the winrar unrar command is usually at "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe"
20a. UnRAR.exe is winrar CMD application to extract files. Option "e" is for extract. Option "-o+" is for overwrite destiny file
20b. Change the directory of etaps.lck.rar depending on your ETAP installation directory above

21. 4th line is RunAsDate command syntax, with "/movetime" the 30 min warning no longer appears, and with "/returntime 30" RunAsDate returns ETAP to the actual date after 30seconds of Startup Initialisation, so your reports can have the correct date after you generate it. If your computer is rather slow, with startup time probably taking more than 30 sec, you can just change it with, lets say "/returntime 60", so it returns to actual date after 60s, it is all up to you.

22. Save tha notepad file with any name but the extension (after .) *must* be .bat . To do this use Notepad and Save As command at File menu. When window appears change "Save as type" from .txt to "AllTypes". After that the file could be named, say, "Run_ETAP.bat" and save it to your desktop

23. You can enable your antivirus and internet connection again, Run ETAP by double-clicking the .bat file "Run_ETAP.bat" you placed earlier in desktop from step no.22, ETAP 11 at your service

Hopefully this post helps. Thank you for all friends and generous kind people in this forum.
Salam