SPSS Products Site License Renewal Information [Win, Mac/PowerMac]

• General Information
• About ACCC Server Services
• Versions supported, policies, pricing, media upgrades, etc
• Can I get the codes automatically via email? What is the SPSSLICENSE list?
• Not in the SPSSLICENSE LIST? ... Steps to apply for renewal codes.
• How do I apply the renewal codes?
• Verifying the Update
• Questions, and Troubleshoting Tips

The license information for copies of SPSS purchased under the ACCC SPSS site license from the ACCC-Software Group expires in October of each year [Grace period ends in December, after which your software will not start]. License renewal codes are available from the ACCC's STATS@uic.edu SUPPORT group upon providing the information described below.

WINSTALL should give you the option to have SPSS installed locally. There should also be a second icon called SPSS RENEWAL which will update your local installation with current codes by essentially reinstalling the software. Server Services installations are supported by the ACCC-LAN group. If you have any problems please contact, ACCC's LAN@uic.edu SUPPORT group.

Please note that renewal codes WILL ONLY be available for currently supported versions. Please upgrade your copy if you have older versions of SPSS. For a list of currently supported versions please go to our Versions of SPSS, SAS, SYSTAT, SPLUS, and STATA page.

For a descriptions of ACCC-STATS and the ACCC-SOFTWARE statistics software sales policies, please refer to: "Before you order: Statistical Software Policies".

For information on all currently statistical packages supported, policies, and pricing and availability links, please visit the ACCC STATS@uic.edu software page.

Yes, you can get automatically via email renewal codes for SPSS BADE CD for MSwindows which includes all the modules in that CD. Faculty/staff WHO HAVE PURCHASED an SPSS product from the ACCC Software Group and WHOSE SIGNATURE IS ON THE LICENSE AGREEMENT will be subscribed soon after the purchase to the SPSSLICENSE email list. Upon being added, a notification and and a welcome message is sent to you.

Via the SPSSLICENSE listserv you will receive information from the STATS@uic.edu group regarding the SPSS product you purchased, renewal information and renewal codes when available. This means that if you are in this list you will AUTOMATICALLY receive the SPSS BASE codes when available to us. Also you will receive instructions on what to do to get codes for products other than SPSS BASE [AMOS, ANSWERTREE, DE, etc] or other platforms of SPSS. If you are not in this list at the time of renewal, you need to read below for details on how to request your codes.

NOTE: Graduate students are NOT added to the SPSSLICENSE list but to another list called SPSSPACKLIC [See Statistical Software for UIC Students below].

NOTE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS... Graduate Students who purchased our graduate bundle please refer to the Statistical Software for UIC Students page for information on how to renew. The information on the page you are reading right now does not fully apply to renewals for graduate student bundles. Additional documents are required.

1. Send us your request. Please send an electronic note to stats@uic.edu to open your request. If you call the Client Services Office, one of our consultants will fill a form for you. This form includes all the information needed from you. Alternatively, if you send an electronic note, please include the following information:
   
   
   • Your name and Department
   • Phone number
   • NETID and fax number
   • Version of SPSS you need to renew (Windows, Mac, PowerMac)
   • IF you require that the codes be faxed to you... your fax number.
   
   
   Note that sending proof of purchase WITHOUT having an open electronic request will result in your request for codes not be processed. You need to send the electronic request FIRST or CONCURRENTLY with providing proof of purchase.
   
   
   
2. Provide proof of purchase of SPSS from the UIC ACCC.
   

   PROOF OF PURCHASE Because of restrictions on the licensing agreement with SPSS, Inc. the license renewal codes cannot be publicly available and verification of purchase needs to be assessed. The SPSS License renewal information is ONLY available for qualified users. You are a qualified user only if you have previously purchased this package from the ACCC at UIC and you can provide written proof of purchase of this software from the ACCC.

   Upon receiving your electronic note we will check our records of qualified UIC SPSS users [kept since 1997]. If you are listed, you will received the renewal codes without further action other than to email STATS@UIC.EDU.
   
   If you are *NOT* listed in our records of qualified UIC SPSS users, it could be for one of the following reasons:
   
   

   • You have not submitted proof of purchase to STATS@uic.edu after you purchased the software from our Software Division,
   • You have previously submitted proof of purchase by bringing in your disks in person to one of our offices for which we do not have a hardcopy of your proof of purchase.
   • You are not the person who ordered the software, or you are not contacting us via an UIC account, for which you are not entitled to request the codes.
   • Request was not through a VALID UIC ACCOUNT, BY THE FACULTY/STAFF PERSON WHO PURCHASED THE SOFTWARE--that is, the FACULTY/STAFF whose signature is on the SPSS AGGREEMENT.
     
     
   Proof of purchase from the ACCC's Software Division can be validated by providing one of the following:
   
   
   • Providing a copy of the receipt of SPSS purchase with the name of the person requesting the codes.
   
   OR
   
   • Providing a copy of the Miscellaneous Requisition and/or Voucher used to purchase SPSS with the name of the person requesting the codes.
   
   OR
   
   • Providing proof of physically having the CD for the appropriate software and having a current/valid affiliation with UIC as faculty/staff.
     
     

If you do not have any of these documents... and to verify that you own a site licensed copy of SPSS, you can bring the original SPSS CD(s) to a Consultant at any of the Client Services Office laboratories [Main office in SEL 2267, and 181 GRC]. Make sure that there is an open electronic request to STATS@uic.edu *and* that the consultant appends to your electronic request an internal form which states that you brought the original media as proof of purchase because you did not have a receipt nor a voucher. NOTE: If you use this method for providing proof of purchase, the STATS@uic.edu group does not end with a hardcopy of proof of ownership. This means that you have to do this again next year.

As soon as it is conveniently possible, we will review your information and send you the renewal codes via an electronic note or a fax, depending which you gave as your preference. If there is any problem with your request, we will send you a note or fax.

• You can fax us the proof of purchase at 312.413.7583 to the attention of ACCC STATS Support Site Consultant.
  
  
• Requests need to be through a VALID UIC ACCOUNT, BY THE FACULTY/STAFF WHO PURCHASED THE SOFTWARE--that is, the FACULTY/STAFF, whose signature is on the SPSS AGGREEMENT.

General precautions before you apply the codes

These instructions assume that you have installed SPSS for MS-Windows in the c:\spsswin directory. If your copy of SPSS for MS-Windows is installed in a different directory, substitute your directory name in the following instructions.

When prompted for a license number, enter the new code numbers provided in the fax or electronic note from STATS@UIC.EDU. Please note that the SERIAL number is not the same as the LICENSE number. A serial number is a 7 digit number associated with the particular CD. The license code number looks like this:


10023 40555 59522 42180 65477 65750 0000

Be careful to include the spaces between sets of numbers. Not including the spaces will result in failure to update your codes.

Please note that SPSS renewal codes for MS-Windows versions or certain products in particular will not work with other versions/products. For example, the codes for version 10.0 will not work with 10.1.

Furthermore, if you try to apply codes for one version, say V10.0, and you have "patched" your installation to another version, say 10.05, the SETUP method will NOT work. SETUP will detect a newer version in your hard drive and give an error like "SETUP has detected a later verion of the product in this directory and cannot install here. Please choose a different directory and try again".

For troubleshooting suggestions, please refer to the ACCC STATS troubleshooting tips page.

MS-Windows

To renew the site license, you can run setup.exe or run the executable licrenew.exe or the executable spssinst.exe. The preferred method is running licrenew.exe.

Running LICRENEW:

The licrenew.exe executable is a DOS- based program which will prompt you only for the renewal codes. This program is found at the main SPSS 'root' folder [e.g., SPSSWIN, If you installed it in c:\SPSSWIN.]. Double click on the icon for this executable, and a DOS windows will appear asking you for the new codes. Enter the codes, spaces included, and hit enter. It will ask if you have any other codes to enter [this is because each product inside of the installation media could potentially have a separate code. We only need one code because we have all modules from the base CD licensed and the license code reflects this fact.]

The HELP | ABOUT screen should reflect the new expiration date upon completing the update via the licrenew.exe program.

In versions of SPSS prior to V10, this method would not update the HELP | ABOUT screen. [The content of what you see in the "Help...About SPSS" screen was determined by the content of a file called spsssite.txt].

Running SETUP:

Run setup.exe from the installation media and go through the installation steps again, entering the code when prompted. There's really no particular reason to run setup.exe rather than the much faster licrenew.exe.

To update your codes using this method, double click on the SETUP icon in the SPSS program group, or from the installation media, run the file SETUP.EXE. This will take you through the installation steps. It won't actually reinstall files, since it will check for installed files, so the process goes much faster than an installation. At the end you will be prompted for the codes. Your HELP | ABOUT screen should reflect the new expiration date upon completing this process.

NOTE: If you have patched your installation of SPSS to a version newer than the one on the media, this method wil NOT work. SETUP will detect a newer version in your hard drive and give an error like "SETUP has detected a later verion of the product in this directory and cannot install here. Please choose a different directory and try again". For example, the media was for version 10.0, and you patched it to version 10.05. SETUP will notice this, and abort the process. You do need to use the LICRENEW.EXE to update your codes.

Running SPSSINST:

I think this method is no longer valid for versions later than 10.0 but I include it just in case you find the executable. In the Windows Program Manager File/Run Box, enter:

c:\spsswin\spssinst.exe

Enter the new codes when prompted.

Macintosh License Renewal Utility

The following information is from SPSS Tech....
• Product: SPSS for Macintosh License Renewal Utility
• Date: January 25, 2002
• Title: SPSS License Renewal.sit

This is not a product patch but a utility to update the license code for SPSS on the Macintosh


Instructions for the SPSS Macintosh License Renewal Utility:

• 1) Down load the License Renewal Utility below.
  
• 2) The downloaded utility will be a 'stuffed' file (.sit), you will need to 'unstuff' it.
• 3) Save the unstuffed file to any location on your hard drive.
• 4) Double click on the file.
• 5) It will open a dialog showing what is currently licensed and your previous license code (the same window you see during the install of SPSS)
• 6) Replace your old license code with the new one.
• 7) Select "Update" and close the window.
Go to URL to from which you can download the utility : SPSS for Macintosh License Renewal Utility

Please refer to the STATS@uic.edu troubleshooting tips page.