I WOULD'NT BOTHER .I BOUGHT BOXED VERSION IN 2020 AS A PACKAGE DEAL WITH SOUND FORGE (WHICH IS NOW UNISTALLED BECAUSE OF RENDERING PROBLEMS) AND VEGAS18 PRO WONT RENDER AND NOW ,WONT EVEN OPEN..SAYING "THIS IS NOT A LICENSED PRODUCT" THEY HAVE DONE THIS! THEY ARE NOT ANSWERING REQUESTS.......AND NO, I DONT WANT TO UPGRADE. IVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF £s ON BORIS FX WHICH ARE NOW USELESS......RIP OFF THEFT AND LIES. BUT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM PROFIT BASED COMPANIES.

It's possible someone would sell you their copy and transfer the license.

I have VEGAS Pro 18 installed on several machines. None say "this is not a licensed product". "THEY" have not done anything.

Having said that, I would purchase VEGAS Pro 20 today (which is also installed on a couple of machines I use) as it is VEGAS Pro 18 plus two versions of improvements (both features and stability).

BUT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM PROFIT BASED COMPANIES.

LOL. All non-government companies/corporations in the world are profit based including in the UK.

Rather than ranting in shouting capitals, how about explaining the problems that you are experiencing and include detailed information requested in https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/important-information-required-to-help-you--110457/

BTW, if you've already got Vegas Pro 18, you would have had to have registered it in 2020 with MAGIX in order to use it - even with a disk version. In that case, go to My Products in your MAGIX My Account and download Vegas Pro 18 from there - it will be the last build of Vegas Pro 18 which could well be a much later build than the version you have installed from a disk.