Another small detail that might be worth considering -- download the Mac versions of the Cakewalk software, just in case. I'm thinking mainly of the plugins (LP EQ, Rapture, etc) which have Mac versions, rather than the Sonar Mac port. You can usually find links to the Mac versions (when available) under Connected Products on the left side of the download screen. 
 
You never know where you might end up, computer-wise. I don't anticipate moving to a Mac and Logic anytime soon, but stranger things have happened, and it would be nice to have some of those excellent Cakewalk products available to me if I ever do. 

I have downloaded all software and registration codes.
But how do I acrivate the software - offline? Otherwise you are always in DEMO mode?
Every change on hardware, or an Microsoft update forces a re-activation.
How do I do this?

THambrecht
I have downloaded all software and registration codes.
But how do I acrivate the software - offline? Otherwise you are always in DEMO mode?
Every change on hardware, or an Microsoft update forces a re-activation.
How do I do this?

Well - the activation servers are promised to been kept on line. However - how long that will last is everyone's guess. They promised some activation patch/program in case those servers go off-line, but to be honest I would rather see them give me that patch/program right away. It's not that they have anything to loose anyway. I mean - since the EOL announcement it's nothing more than abandon-ware. Nobody in his right mind will buy Cakewalk software at this moment or later.

Therefore I asked in an other thread - where is the website hosted?
There was an update in the hosting at 2017-11-23  -  And the site was not reachable for a few hours.
The owner of the site is at the moment: Cakewalk Inc.

THambrecht
I have downloaded all software and registration codes.
But how do I acrivate the software - offline? Otherwise you are always in DEMO mode?
Every change on hardware, or an Microsoft update forces a re-activation.
How do I do this?

 
The offline activation should still work.  Steps are outlined here:
 
https://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013384/Offline-Activation
 
Of course, if the servers ever go down for good, then we can only hope that Noel is able to make good on his promise of providing a permanent activation code.

As advised here, I have downloaded copies of all product install files from the My Products page.
 
I was going to do screen shots of the serial numbers and registration codes, but I wanted to be able to copy them as text later in the event of a re-install. I happened on a quick and dirty way to capture the My Product info as text.
 
I am using Microsoft Excel but I assume any spreadsheet software will work.  Select the rows of My Product info (upper left to lower right) and copy to the clipboard.  Then open a new worksheet and paste.  This process recreated the My Product info within Excel so all of the information is pasted into separate rows and columns.  There was too much space in the resulting rows and columns so I selected the whole sheet and used the Alignment Settings to set Horizontal to General and Vertical to Top.  Then I just adjusted the handles between columns to reduce the space within the columns.  
 
Now I have a nice (easily created) copy of My Products, SNs, and Registration Codes.

Martin Hines

Ozz
Probably a silly question....but where do you download the packages on the Command Center?  All I see are options to Uninstall, Reinstall, Roll Back and Delete Files.
 
If I want to get the various items off there in nice, neat, installable packages, (Sonar Platinum, L-phase EQ/Comp, Rapture, etc, etc), for when servers do finally go down (and we'll hopefully receive a "defeat" for the online authorization), am I just missing where the option is located?
 
Or does it not exist in that format?

 
When you Install or Reinstall using the Cakewalk Command Center (CCC) executable installers ARE downloaded to your PC.
 
Launch/run the CCC and click on the "gear" icon in the upper right corner.  This opens the "Setting" window.  Select the "Paths" Tab, and look for the "Command Center Download Path" information.  This is where the CCC downloads the installer files.  The default location (on a Win 7/10 computer) is:  C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads.
 
To make sure I have backups of all of my product installers I have done the following:
1) deleted all files in the Download Path
2) Used the CCC to Install/Reinstall one single product -- e.g. Rapture Pro
3) After the product is installed I moved all of the installer files for that product to a unique directory -- e.g. C:\01_CW_Rapture_Pro_Installer
4) Making sure the Download Path is empty, then Install/Reinstall another product -- e.g. Sonar Platinum, and install and backup installer files
5) Repeat the steps above for all of the products you want to backup.
 
I also created a spreadsheet that lists each product, the lastest/last version of the product, and the Serial Number and Response Code (if available) for each product.
 
The end result is you have all the installers for all of your products.  What you are MISSING for some of them are Registration Codes, i.e. you still need to use the CCC to authorize the installs.  For example, I have the original Rapture for which I have both a Serial Number AND a Registration Code. I don't need the CCC for this product.  I also have the newer Rapture Pro, for which I only have a Serial Number (no Registration Code).  This means I still need the CCC and the Cakewalk Authorization Servers to reinstall some of my products.
 
In another thread it was mentioned by Cakewalk's CTO Noel Borthwick that IF Cakewalk Authorization Servers are ever shut down then all legal owners will be issued a file that will allow for authorizations:
http://forum.cakewalk.com...-by-Noel-m3692602.aspx
 
 

This ^^

However CCC does good and fairly easy installation when on verbose installation.

Assuming they fix the license activation, and if I need to install on a new PC and servers are down I would...

1) Copy the downloads folder with all the installation files to new PC.

2) Install Cakewalk Command Center.

3) Run Cakewalk Command Center, tweak the settings for checking updates (turn off ideally) and set verbose mode. Any errors about not being able to download files I would ignore.

4) Install via CCC. Hopefully it would pick up files from the download folder.

That's what I hope would work. Here is to hoping.

Or print the page as a PDF file using standard Microsoft. Then, you can c&p as needed later.

As I was downloading each item all I did was copy and pasted the numbers to a notepad document. I also copy pasted the products title as a note to what the numbers were for.