AMOS License Issue

By Ka Ian on 2024-07-03

License Issue of AMOS

After a period of time, the AMOS software may raised the following issue. “the temporary period for running amos without a license has expired use the license authorization wizard to contact spss for a license code”

Here is the solution to solve this problem.

  1. Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SPSS\Amos\26”

  2. Delete the file called “lservrc” (also please save a copy as a backup)

  3. Go to “C:\ProgramData\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel RMS Development Kit\System” and delete all the files inside this folder

  4. Run “licenseinit.exe” inside “C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SPSS\Amos\26”, please input 1 and 26 (version number)

  5. Put the file “lservrc” back to “C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SPSS\Amos\26”

  6. Restart AMOS, that should be OK.