This is also where you activate your licenses. This is where you can see all your licensing information. This will open up the License Manager for your NI products. Go to Start → All Programs → National Instruments → NI License Manager. Follow these steps to ensure a smooth activation. Once the software is actually installed on your computer, you will need to activate it. This is because your serial number is only good for LabVIEW, not SignalExpress. For example, if you put in your LabView serial number where it asks you for the NI SignalExpress serial number, then you will receive an error. This is usually the source of the “Invalid Serial Number” error. This is important to note because the LabVIEW installer (depending on which one you are given) will often list lots of different software that you may not actually have a serial number for. If you purchased LabVIEW through Studica, you most likely only have LabVIEW, Multisim, or Ultiboard.
In this post, I am going to detail how to activate your LabVIEW software properly. To be more specific, users are saying that their serial number is invalid when they try to activate the software. I have been getting a lot of support questions regarding activating LabVIEW lately.
