Once you successfully update your hardware UID registry paths and deploy the appropriate Sentinel drivers, the licensing engine will correctly decrypt the configuration block. Launch Autodata 3.45 directly from the administrative shortcut to verify that the diagnostics screen populates without showing any key validation errors. If youg., Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11).
The dongle emulator must run with full system privileges to register hardware details. Right-click the desktop shortcut. Select Properties , then open the Compatibility tab. Check Run this program as an administrator . Click Apply and then OK . 2. Reinstall the Sentinel Driver and Emulator
Navigate to > Exclusions .
Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Emulator (or NEWHASP ). If old dongle emulation keys exist, delete them. Once you successfully update your hardware UID registry
Set a static IP address for your network connection to stabilize your MAC address ID. 5. What to Do If Nothing Works
The error message "Hardware information does not match" is essentially a sophisticated standoff. The software is telling the user, "I am looking for a specific key, and the one I see is either missing, the wrong type, or being blocked."
Scroll down to find the Emulator Service (usually named , "Sentinel" , or "Emulator" ). Right-click it and select Restart . If it is stopped, right-click and select Start . Method 3: Using the "GetID" Tool The dongle emulator must run with full system
This is arguably the most frequent cause. AutoData 3.45 was designed for legacy Windows environments like Windows XP. On modern systems like , the driver required for the software to communicate with the dongle may fail to install or load correctly. This communication breakdown is often misinterpreted by the software as a hardware mismatch.
Below is a comprehensive guide to understanding, diagnosing, and resolving this licensing mismatch on Windows systems.
. You should see "SafeNet Sentinel Hardware Key" or "AuDaS0 Virtual Device". If these appear with an exclamation mark, you may need to manually reinstall the Emulator_x64 Emulator_x86 files from your installation folder. Regional Settings Check Run this program as an administrator
Is there a next to any device inside your Device Manager ?
Some users have found that the time stamp on the keygen is extremely sensitive. If you generate a license.reg file and it doesn't work, try deleting it, changing your system date format to ensure it uses a slash ( / ) as a separator, and re-running the keygen to generate a fresh file. This has worked for some.
This will create new .reg (Registry) files (often named license.reg or regsettings.reg ). 3. Clear Old Registry Keys and Apply the New License