Crash and loss of licence

[ACooper]

AutoCAD crashed mid-drawing and a message flashed up something about the licence (too quick to read). Now when I try so start AutoCAD I get the message 'IMPORTANT! In order to continue, you must obtain additional authorization. Error[6]'.
Do I just need to go through the authorization procedure with my existing authorization code? And will it matter that I am using it on a laptop via the portable licence utility (does it need to be re-authorized on the PC that it was originally registered on)? Any help greatly appreciated.

[Tracy W. Lincoln]

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[Cy Shuster]

If you have the Portable License Utility, you have the locked version, and
in AutoCAD 2002, this means that auth codes can never be reused. Just
follow the dialogs and get a new auth code.

Licenses must be repaired where they are when they break. Fix it on your
laptop; you're not allowed to export until it's fixed.

The problem was caused by the crash. The license file is a data file like
any other, and can be damaged by a crash of AutoCAD or the OS. The auth
code repairs it completely. But you should check for .err files in the
AutoCAD directory, and try to prevent this in future.

--Cy--

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