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I have a Waters 600 running on old Millennium Workstation Version 3.05.x. I want to add a 996 PDA and also upgrade to 3.2 with Millennium Workstation Version 3.2 Upgrade Version which includes a Master Option Key Disk (Step 1) and 3.2 CD (step 2).

The Disk label says:
Step1:
Follow the steps in the Pre-Upgrade Tasks section in the Upgrading from Millennium Chromatography Manager Version 3.0x to Version 3.2 procedure (P/N 716000446).

Insert and use this Master Option Key Disk Exactly as instructed in the Pre-Upgrade Task section

Step 2: upgrade to version 3.2
Caution: Run 3.2 CD only after completing the Pre-Upgrade Tasks as described in Step 1. If you failed to complete Step 1 prior to Step 2, you will invalidate you software options disks. .....

Follow the steps in the Upgrade Process section of the Upgrading from Millennium Chromatography Manager Version 3.0x to Version 3.2 procedure (P/N 716000446) to install the Millennium Version 3.2 upgrade.

I can not find the procedure sheet (P/N 716000446). Can anyone help with this and email me the instruction? Thank you very much in advance.

Can't find it either, but you insert your disk before your upgrade, take back the licences on you disk and afterwards, you install them again.

Maybe you should contact your local Waters supplier? They should send you a copy of the upgrade notes.

Ace

Hi Ace, Thanks a lot. Waters said they are unable to find the note. I am a little scared to try the disk.

Can't find it either, but you insert your disk before your upgrade, take back the licences on you disk and afterwards, you install them again.

Maybe you should contact your local Waters supplier? They should send you a copy of the upgrade notes.

Ace

Waters might be able to help but they only support the previous two software versions fully. Consequently, their tech people may only be fully conversant with Empower 2 (current release), Empower and Millennium 4.

Not sure if I should post this, but here goes...

If you are worried that something is going to go wrong during the upgrade, can I recommend you ghost the entire PC before you start. That way, whatever happens, you should be able to restore the status quo, even without key diskettes.

I haven't been forced to try this yet, but I believe it should allow you to regenerate a key-diskette while retaining an installed copy of Millenium (i.e. de-install to reactivate key-diskette, then reghost to recover Millenium). Although I would never condone software piracy, there are times (for instance where one of several Millenium installations has just gone, because the hard disk died) where this might rescue a lost, but fully paid-for, and fully legal, copy of Millenium.