I have the exact same set up as Torsten. I use the dongles live, however. It is a love/hate thing. The dongles allow me to install software on multiple computers without having to transfer licenses to respective computers. I have 3 systems I use. 1 is my studio, the second is my performance laptop, and the third is my laptop I take to other artists to share ideas/work etc.Dongles work in those situations. However, at gigs, I worry about them. Waves has the best setup. My Waves “dongle” is a low profile sandisk thumb drive. Wish all would unify under this type of user control. Oh well.