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Re: Switching between 32 and 64 bit kernels, licensing?

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  • Subject: [mg103176] Re: [mg103152] Switching between 32 and 64 bit kernels, licensing?
  • From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:17:23 -0400 (EDT)
  • Reply-to: jfultz at wolfram.com

Getting a new password will work because you can keep both passwords in your
password file at the same time, and Mathematica will always choose the one that 
works.  And the difference between the two was not intentional on our part. It 
was an unexpected issue which arose with the release of Snow Leopard. Future 
versions of Mathematica won't have this problem, and we may end up patching the 
present release (if we do, I'll make sure an announcement is made to this 
forum).

In the mean time, you should contact Wolfram Research Technical Support.

Sincerely,
 
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.


On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:44:53 -0400 (EDT), Scott Morrison wrote:
> I want to boot my OS X snow leopard machine using the 64 bit kernel
> some days, the 32 bit kernel other days.
>
> Unfortunately, this breaks Mathematica's licensing mechanism -- it
> wants a new password under the 64 bit kernel. Presumably getting a new
> password won't fix my problem, as then I won't be able to run under
> the 32 bit kernel.
>
> Is there a solution?





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