Why did my Linqpad just deactivate itself?

Question

I'm using Linqpad v4.45.05 on Windows Server 2012 virtual machine. I'm on a isolated network so I had to perform an "offline activation" (which was a complete nightmare). Today, I rebooted my VM and now my Linqpad is no longer activate. Do I have any way to recover my activation? Why did this happen and how do I prevent it from happening again?

Answer 1

Here are some general things to check:

• LINQPad activations on virtual machines are tied both to the machine and the underlying hardware, so if the latter changes, the activation may become invalid.

• When activating, choose the option to activate all users (rather than the current user) unless you plan to always use the same login.

• Activations on Azure VMs are not fully supported on versions prior to v4.47.05, which is still in beta at time of writing.