and the install licence function Code: cert = "cert.xrm-ms" LicenceData = ReadAllTextFile(cert) strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Dim objService Dim colServices On Error Resume Next Set colServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT Version FROM SoftwareLicensingService") QuitIfError() For each objService in colServices QuitIfError() Exit For Next set GetServiceObject = objService objService.InstallLicense(LicenceData) Function ReadAllTextFile(strFileName) Dim strData Dim oStream Set oStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream") oStream.Type = 2 'adTypeText oStream.Open oStream.Charset = GetFileEncoding(strFileName) oStream.LoadFromFile(strFileName) strData = oStream.ReadText(-1) 'adReadAll oStream.Close ReadAllTextFile = strData End Function Function GetFileEncoding(strFileName) Dim strData Dim strEncoding Dim oStream Set oStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream") oStream.Type = 1 'adTypeBinary oStream.Open oStream.LoadFromFile(strFileName) ' Default encoding is ascii strEncoding = "ascii" strData = BinaryToString(oStream.Read(2)) ' Check for little endian (x86) unicode preamble If (Len(strData) = 2) and strData = (Chr(255) + Chr(254)) Then strEncoding = "unicode" Else oStream.Position = 0 strData = BinaryToString(oStream.Read(3)) ' Check for utf-8 preamble If (Len(strData) >= 3) and strData = (Chr(239) + Chr(187) + Chr(191)) Then strEncoding = "utf-8" End If End If oStream.Close GetFileEncoding = strEncoding End Function Function BinaryToString(dataBinary) Dim i Dim str For i = 1 To LenB(dataBinary) str = str & Chr(AscB(MidB(dataBinary, i, 1))) Next BinaryToString = str End Function ' Returns string containing the whole text file data. ' Supports ascii, unicode (little-endian) and utf-8 encoding. Function ReadAllTextFile(strFileName) Dim strData Dim oStream Set oStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream") oStream.Type = 2 'adTypeText oStream.Open oStream.Charset = GetFileEncoding(strFileName) oStream.LoadFromFile(strFileName) strData = oStream.ReadText(-1) 'adReadAll oStream.Close ReadAllTextFile = strData End Function more functions to deal with cert file.