# Is Ignition licensing associated to PC name at all?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-ignition-licensing-associated-to-pc-name-at-all/17454>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-ignition-licensing-associated-to-pc-name-at-all/17454 "2018-03-21T22:16:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![cnewlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@cnewlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cnewlin)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-ignition-licensing-associated-to-pc-name-at-all/17454/1 "2018-03-21T22:16:39Z")

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Trying to determine if the license is locked to the hardware such as mac id / hdd serial or if it is associated by computer name as well. If we license a computer and it is later renamed, will that break the licensing as we have a pc that will be renamed in the near future. Wondering if I should either hold off until then or if I will need to unactivate, rename and then reactivate. Our computers cannot access the internet so a bit more of a hassle.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-ignition-licensing-associated-to-pc-name-at-all/17454/2 "2018-03-21T22:17:07Z")

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It’s not tied in with the name.