When you first install Quest Central, you can use the Quest Central Console, Oracle, and SQL Server components for a limited trial period. After the trial period expires, a message is displayed when launching Quest Central.
Expired trial key.
You can manually delete the license key file for each component.
The files are located at c:\documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\Quest Software\Quest Central
Below are file names for some components:
QSAuthorize2.key - Database Analysis (Oracle)
QSAuthorize4.key - Spotlight on SQL Server
QSAuthorize5.key - Spotlight on Oracle
QSAuthroize9.key - Spotlight on Ebusiness
QSAuthorize11.key - Toad
QSAuthorize26.key - SQL Tuning (Oracle)
QSAuthorize27.key - Performance Analysis for Sql Server
QSAuthorize29.key - Performance Analysis for Oracle
QSAuthroize34.key - SQL Tuning for Sql Server
QSAuthroize35.key - Space Manager
QSAuthorize37.key - Knowledge Xpert for PL/SQL
QSAuthorize38.key - Knowledge Xpert for Oracle Administration
QSAuthorize52.key - Knowledge Xpert for SQL Server
QSAuthorize107.key - Quest Central for SQL Server
Applies to all versions of Quest Central
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