Is anyone still able to use CbB?

[gmp]

This is an old post from 2022. I wonder if this is still relevant?

How long does activation last?

Under normal conditions, if you are signed in to BandLab and your system is online, no further user intervention is required and Cakewalk will stay permanently activated. If your system is offline, however, the activation lease will last for up to 6 months, after which you will need to reactivate Cakewalk. When this happens, you will get a message informing you that Cakewalk needs to be activated.
Activation can also be needed under rare cases if you make major changes to your system like installing a new OS, changing the motherboard, etc. Re-activation will normally occur automatically and seamlessly when you launch Cakewalk if it's needed. However, if you don't have an active internet connection, you will need to enable it or follow the offline activation steps.

 

[timboalogo]

I just started it up and after a sign in, it still loaded.

[Amberwolf]

4 hours ago, gmp said:

This is an old post from 2022. I wonder if this is still relevant?

Um, what post?  Yours is the first one in this thread, and it is from today (11-16-2025)...I'm confused. 

[user905133]

10 minutes ago, Amberwolf said:

Um, what post?  Yours is the first one in this thread, and it is from today (11-16-2025)...I'm confused. 

FOUND IT!

Quote

How long does activation last?

Under normal conditions, if you are signed in to BandLab and your system is online, no further user intervention is required and Cakewalk will stay permanently activated. If your system is offline, however, the activation lease will last for up to 6 months, after which you will need to reactivate Cakewalk. When this happens, you will get a message informing you that Cakewalk needs to be activated.
Activation can also be needed under rare cases if you make major changes to your system like installing a new OS, changing the motherboard, etc. Re-activation will normally occur automatically and seamlessly when you launch Cakewalk if it's needed. However, if you don't have an active internet connection, you will need to enable it or follow the offline activation steps.

 

[Amberwolf]

Thats not in this thread so I still don't undestand this thread's first post? Shouldn't it be in that thread? 

[user905133]

16 minutes ago, Amberwolf said:

Thats not in this thread so I still don't undestand this thread's first post? Shouldn't it be in that thread? 

gmp didn't do the quote correctly.  It wasn't presented with either a quote box or a direct copy of the original post.  

Here ya go:

5 hours ago, gmp said:

This is an old post from 2022. I wonder if this is still relevant?  

On 8/27/2022 at 12:46 AM, sjoens said:

How long does activation last?

Under normal conditions, if you are signed in to BandLab and your system is online, no further user intervention is required and Cakewalk will stay permanently activated. If your system is offline, however, the activation lease will last for up to 6 months, after which you will need to reactivate Cakewalk. When this happens, you will get a message informing you that Cakewalk needs to be activated.
Activation can also be needed under rare cases if you make major changes to your system like installing a new OS, changing the motherboard, etc. Re-activation will normally occur automatically and seamlessly when you launch Cakewalk if it's needed. However, if you don't have an active internet connection, you will need to enable it or follow the offline activation steps.

 

Edited 10 hours ago by user905133
fixed typo (changed "was" to "wasn't"

[gmp]

Sorry about that Amberwolf, Yes this is the post from 2022 I got that from. if this info is correct, then if we stay online every day using CbB the latest version, it shouldn't have to be reactivated. Of course, most of us turn off our computer at night.

I saw a reference to an expiry date for reactivation, but don't how to find that. If we knew that maybe then we'd know how long we can use CbB without reactivation

[Amberwolf]

ok, i think i understand now. (my brain doens't work like normal people's)

[sjoens]

THERE's NORMAL PEEOPLE's??!?  Where?

[Amberwolf]

4 hours ago, sjoens said:

THERE's NORMAL PEEOPLE's??!?  Where?

That's about the same reaction I get from JellyBeanThePerfectlyNormalSchmoo when my brother says "the dog" in some phrase referring to her.... :lol:  

 

[sjoens]

So... now I am dog, huh.  Grrrr