# License Upgrade Issue

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-upgrade-issue/4131>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 10, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-upgrade-issue/4131 "2012-03-10T01:29:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-upgrade-issue/4131/1 "2012-03-10T01:29:50Z")

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Purchase Upgrade protection for an existing license to cover V7.4. Returned the existing license using web connected activation. Installed V7.4 upgrade. Reactivate license and now get following warning:  
 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/eeca43a021ebe64591bf9fae40d904f2ad0705df.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-upgrade-issue/4131/2 "2012-03-10T01:51:12Z")

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my fault. I should have used the Update License selection.  
 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/03d9d524a329e1d1cd72ba4d2359c858ea0dc8bc.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-upgrade-issue/4131/3 "2012-03-12T16:37:13Z")

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Hi,

So are you OK now, or are you still running in emergency mode? I can’t tell from looking at our system.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-upgrade-issue/4131/4 "2012-03-12T23:31:46Z")

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[quote=“Colby.Clegg”]Hi,

So are you OK now, or are you still running in emergency mode? I can’t tell from looking at our system.

Regards,[/quote]

Yes, license is OK