Expedition Navigation Software 
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License Missing Mystery
I'm running Expedition on Windows 11 Pro via Parallels on a Macbook Air M2. The latest ARM version works great, by the way.
I'm not sure when, why, or how, but some time after installing and running the Standard Version (with a valid license file), installing the new ARM version and then upgrading both versions to the latest release 12.3.3, the license site code changed so my existing .xml license file no longer works. Is this anything to be concerned about, or should I just bug my rep Bill Gladstone for a new license file?
I'm mostly concerned about this happening in the middle of a race or something.
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Re: License Missing Mystery
Expedition isn't really supported on Macs and has never been tested, but apparently it works.
Also, being a VM, the site code may change.
We did make a change recently for ARM licensing due to differences from Intel.
Just send the site code directly - it will be faster.
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Re: License Missing Mystery
Thanks for getting me sorted out, Nick!
ARM version is running great on Parallels on my Macbook Air M2.
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Thread Starter- MrTallyHo
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Re: License Missing Mystery
My site code changed last week. I got a replacement license for the new site code from Artie. Then, this morning, my site code changed a third time, rendering the just-received license invalid. This is running via Parallels. I have run EXP v9-current on this setup and never had a problem. I have never had a site code change on me so many times. I appreciate that this may not be a problem with EXP code but appreciate anyone's tips on what's causing this new behavior. Thanks in advance!
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Re: License Missing Mystery
I'm not sure if Nick uses a MAC address is site license but if you have your MAC setup to hide your network MAC address Parallels might be giving Windows a different MAC address depending on what network you are on.
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Re: License Missing Mystery
Expedition is not supported on Parallels as I have never tested it, but it does work apparently.
The problem with Parallels is we don't see the physical hardware, so things can (or will) change if the VM changes.
It is worth trying the Sparky's idea. I haven't tried Parallels, so don't know exactly what Exp is using.