Licensing Error

terryc · Post by **terryc** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:14 pm

I receive this message every time I try to enter my license key.

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Helios\TextPad 5\License"The installation is forbidden by system policy. Contact your system administrator."

This seems to be a Windows 7 issue, as before I was running Vista and had no problems. My OS is Windows 7 64 bit and TextPad v5.3.1.

raypad · Post by **raypad** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:14 pm

I have the exact same problem. Only diffs is that I am on 32bit OS.

My suspicion is that Windows 7 handles TP as a rogue element trying to fiddle with the registry and this falls under the group policy of Windows 7.

I am going to play around with the Windows 7 policies and see what I come up with.

raypad · Post by **raypad** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:28 pm

While checking the Windows Event handler after this error popped up I found this event, right now I have no idea what it means but some guru might:

Activation context generation failed for "c:\program files\microsoft\search enhancement pack\search helper\sepsearchhelperie.dll".Error in manifest or policy file "c:\program files\microsoft\search enhancement pack\search helper\sepsearchhelperie.dll" on line 2. Invalid Xml syntax.

raypad · Post by **raypad** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:16 am

Ok, I was extremely lucky with this one. It was a hit and miss situation.

This is what I did:
1. Uninstalled my new installation of TP
2. Right clicked on the TP install file - in my case "txpeng531.exe"
3. Select "Run as Administrator"
4. Followed TP install thingies...
5. After completed I went to TP -> Help -> Update Licence
6. Pasted my licence - and viola!

I hope this helps someone.

terryc · Post by **terryc** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:34 pm

This worked perfectly. Thank you.

stevemidgley · Post by **stevemidgley** » Sun May 16, 2010 2:18 pm

++ previous comment. I had this exact issue and following your steps fixed it. This was especially weird for me b/c the user account I was installing on is admin on Win7. But "Run as administrator" for the installer did the job. Thanks!

netsmith2012 · Post by **netsmith2012** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:12 am

That was the solution. I had to right click and run the installer as Admin. Like the previous person said, this is off, because I am admin of this system. Well it's a good trick to know and may come in handy in the future.

kmuegge · Post by **kmuegge** » Thu May 05, 2011 7:00 pm

Thanks, this saved me a lot of time tracking down what group policy object to modify to get this to work. I had tried running as a different user, but not Run as administrator.

scheubo · Post by **scheubo** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:15 am

... although I am local admin! That helped me solving this ridiculous problem. Thanks a lot!

jerry0503214 · Post by **jerry0503214** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:31 am

My suspicion is that Windows 7 handles TP as a rogue element trying to fiddle with the registry and this falls under the group policy of Windows 7.

I am going to play around with the Windows 7 policies and see what I come up with.

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