# Solidworks Activation Error

#### Issue

I have installed the student edition of SOLIDWORKS on my personal computer.  When I try to launch SOLIDWORKS, a message is displayed indicating there are 0 days left in my grace period.

#### Symptoms

You may see a window similar to this:

[![sw1.png](https://itll-wiki.colorado.edu/bookstack/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/bpdYxza309OBwOT4-sw1.png)](https://itll-wiki.colorado.edu/bookstack/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/bpdYxza309OBwOT4-sw1.png)

#### Cause

SOLIDWORKS occasionally needs network access to "phone home" to SOLIDWORKS's licensing servers.

#### Solution

To reactive SOLIDWORKS, make sure you have an active network connection, such as by launching a web browser and ensuring you can navigate to [https://www.google.com](https://www.google.com/).  Then, in the SOLIDWORKS Product Activation window, click Next, select activate "Automatically over the Internet", type in your @colorado.edu email address, then click Next.

[![sw2.png](https://itll-wiki.colorado.edu/bookstack/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/D7aSzLHdTemrZ3rg-sw2.png)](https://itll-wiki.colorado.edu/bookstack/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/D7aSzLHdTemrZ3rg-sw2.png)

If activation was successful, you should see a message similar to this:

[![sw3.png](https://itll-wiki.colorado.edu/bookstack/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/3nZB9bdYqaHjqsii-sw3.png)](https://itll-wiki.colorado.edu/bookstack/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/3nZB9bdYqaHjqsii-sw3.png)

Click "Finish" to complete the product activation.