Hi Maura Menegatti 

This error message is obviously originating from Windows- rather than Studio itself, which would in itself suggest a system change of some kind has corrupted the installation.

So to begin to help you can you provide some further details...

Have you been running Studio successfully before this issue on the same Laptop?

If yes-

Are you running Windows 10?

Are you working on a PC?- or a MAC with BootCamp (or Parallels/VM)?

Which AntiVirus software are you running?

Unknown said:

VPN's are most commonly associated to corporate networks (on which Freelance cannot run).

Are you saying that freelancer who works completely independently for some external company (i.e. is perfectly fine using Freelance version) and uses VPN connection purely for e.g. accessing some internal file storage, query system or similar, is bascally screwed by some weird Studio limitation, blindly assuming that the only VPN use is for some corporate stuff?!?!

Please tell me it's not true... I can't believe in such terribly short-sighted (or money-snatching?) rule... :-O

Is then anyone running VPN server on his own home router (to securely access his home network from outside) forced to pay for Pro version?!

Hi Evzen,

Please dont shoot the messenger :-)- but yes- what I have stated is 100% correct.

As I am sure you will agree, there has to be a line between X, Y and Z and wherever this line is, may affect a small number of users.

This is going to be true for pretty much any product I think, such as Windows Basic/Home/Professional etc. where certain features would be nice, but only available in a higher version.

Unknown said:

Is then anyone running VPN server on his own home router (to securely access his home network from outside) forced to pay for Pro version?!

Such a set up simply reflects by definition the structure of a server/domain and a license on its own simply cannot identify if that VPN is corporate or simply used for personal privacy.

The following article explains licensing- https://gateway.rws.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0032252 and possible solutions.

The licensing system we have in place works for 99.9% of all users- but should anyone should be in such a situation, I am always available and would work with that user to find a solution.