Similar to activating soft-locks’ or  VM-locks’ Product Key (for which the license are locked against the computer hardware), you need to use the same LDK Tool.exe to activate a hard-lock Product Key against a dongle.


  1. Insert the HL dongle into a USB port on a computer with internet access. This does not need to be the computer on which the RIP will be run.

  2. Start the LDK Tool, click More



  3. Select the Program Key option.



  4. Enter the Product Key in the same way as is done for a soft-lock



  5. Click Activate, then click OK.



  6. Confirm Yes in the prompt screen.



  7. Activation will be confirmed.



  8. The license once successfully written into the dongle, can be moved to the computer on which the RIP will be run if necessary. It can be transferred from one machine to another by moving the dongle to the new machine; no reprogramming or re-activation is required.

    Note: This procedure transfers the entire RIP license. That is, the RIP license, all layered options and protected plugins.