Single User Upgrade Process
| 1. | Install Tally 9 in a new folder on your computer |
| 2. | Start Tally 9 |
| 3. | An Activation Form displays as shown |
| 4. | Enter the Serial, Key, Email and Accept |
| 5. | A Congratulations message displays as shown |
| 6. | You can now use Tally 9, Tally 8.1 and Tally 7.2 in the licensed mode. |
Multi User Upgrade process
On the Server Computer
| 1. | Install Tally 9 in a new folder on your computer |
| 2. | Execute Tally 9 |
| 3. | An Activation Form appears as shown below |
| 4. | Enter the Serial, Key, Email and Accept |
| 5. | A Congratulations message appears as shown |
If you wish to run Tally 7.2 and Tally 8.1 services in the background as license servers along with Tally 9 license server on the same computer:
| • | Download tally72lic9xserver.exe and tally72licserver.exe from www.tallysolutions.com and paste it in the folder of the server computer where Tally 7.2. exe resides. |
| • | Edit the Tally.ini in the Tally 7.2 folder, in order to run the license server for both versions. Server port = 9090 |
| • | Depending on the Operating System, double click the license server and Install the service. |
| • | This enables you to run Tally 7.2 and Tally 8.1 in the licensed mode to run as a service in the background on the server computer along with Tally 9 license server on the same computer. |
You can now use Tally 9, Tally 8.1 and Tally 7.2 in the licensed mode.
On the Client Computer:
| 1. | Install Tally 9 into a new folder on your computer |
| 2. | Open Tally.ini file found in Tally folder and set the following parameter |
TallyLicenseServer = server : port
(Where server is the Name or IP of License Server Computer and port is the Port Number, default port being 9000)
You can now use Tally 9, Tally 8.1 and Tally 7.2 in the licensed mode.
Note:
| • | If your Operating System is of a Windows 2000 or higher version, download tally72licserver.exe from www.tallysolutions.com to run as a service in the background on the server computer. This enables you to run Tally 7.2 in the licensed mode. |
| • | If your Operating System is of a version lower than Windows 2000, download tally72lic9xserver.exe from www.tallysolutions.com to run as a service in the background on the server computer. This enables you to run Tally 7.2 in the licensed mode. |
| • | It is advisable to remove the existing tallylicserver.exe from the folder where the Tally 7.2 exe resides, before downloading tally72lic9xserver.exe and tally72licserver.exe from www.tallysolutions.com. |
Additional Information
In order to use Tally 7.2 and Tally 8.1 along with 9 on the same computer, it is mandatory that Tally 9 is active on the computer
For users who wish to run Tally 8.1 and Tally 7.2 along with Tally 9
| 1. | Both Tally 8.1 and Tally 7.2 users can Activate and Upgrade to Tally 9. On successful upgrade or activation, you can run all three versions on the same computer, in the licensed mode. Tally 8.1 and Tally 7.2 will co-exist with Tally 9 for 90 days from the date of activation. |
| 2. | If you try to Surrender the license from Tally 8.1 or 7.2, all three versions will switch to Educational mode and Tally will display the message Surrender successful. All versions of Tally running on your system will turn into educational. |
| 3. | If you re-activate the license on Tally 8.1 or Tally 7.2, Tally 9 will be activated automatically. |
| 4. | But if you choose to activate the license on Tally 9 first, you need to re-activate Tally 8.1 and 7.2 individually for the co-existence of the three versions. |
Note: You cannot activate the license on Tally 8.1 or Tally 7.2, if you have surrendered the license from Tally 9.
For users who Update from Tally 8.1 to Tally 9
Tally 8.1 users can Activate and Upgrade to Tally 9. On successful upgrade or activation, you can run both versions on the same computer, in the licensed mode. Tally 8.1 will co-exist with Tally 9 for 90 days from the date of activation.
For Softlock users who migrate from Tally 7.2 to Tally 9
Tally 7.2 Softlock users can Activate and Upgrade to Tally 9. On successful upgrade or activation, you can run both versions on the same computer, in the licensed mode. Tally 7.2 will co-exist with Tally 9 for 90 days from the date of activation.
For Hardlock users who migrate from Tally 7.2 to Tally 9
On migration to Tally 9, the Hardlock becomes defunct. To run Tally 7.2, you need to activate the license on Tally 7.2 in the Softlock mode. For additional information on activating the license click here..
Note: In case you are connected to the internet and install Tally 9 in the same folder where Tally 8.1 resides, Tally will update the license automatically.