Download the installer
On the Golden Inventory System 4 page, click Download version 4.198.
Your browser saves the file goinsy4198.exe.
Microsoft Edge can say that the file "isn't commonly downloaded". This is how you keep it:
- In the download list, click … next to the file, then Keep.
- Edge asks you to make sure that you trust the file. Open the arrow next to Delete and click Keep anyway.
- Click Open file.
"Windows protected your PC": what it means
You double-click the file. A blue window opens: Windows protected your PC.
This is Microsoft SmartScreen. It shows this window for a program that has no code-signing certificate and few downloads. Our installer has no certificate. The warning does not say that the file is dangerous.
- Click More info.
- Make sure that the app name is
goinsy4198.exe. - Click Run anyway.
Run the file only if you downloaded it from inventory-system.com. A copy from another site can be a different file.
Install the program
Windows can ask: Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher to make changes to your device? Click Yes.
Then the setup wizard opens. Click Next on each page, then Install, then Finish.
The default folder, C:\Golden Inventory System, is correct for most computers.
With Run goinsyq.exe selected, the program starts after Finish.
Now the program is on your computer. Before you can register it, you need a registration key.
Buy a registration key on Gumroad
On the price section, click Buy on Gumroad under Registration key — $199.
Gumroad is our shop. It shows the price in your currency.
One key is for one computer. For 3 computers in your office, set Quantity to 3: you get 3 registration keys.
Click I want this!, type your e-mail and pay. Do you have a discount code from a partner? Type it in the discount field before you pay.
Find your Gumroad license key
After you pay, Gumroad shows your order. Gumroad also sends it by e-mail.
The order has a license key. It looks like this: XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX.
But this is not the key that the program asks for. The program asks for a 16-character registration key. The next step changes one key into the other.
Get your registration key
- Open Get your registration key.
- Paste the Gumroad license key.
- Click Show my registration key.
The page shows a 16-character registration key, for example C445B6642525E479. Copy it.
You lost it? Type the same Gumroad license key again. The page shows the same registration key.
Open Help → Registration
Start Golden Inventory System 4. In the menu, click Help, then Registration.
The registration window opens. It shows the installation number of this computer. Write it down: you need it if you move the program to a new computer one day.
Type the registration key
- Type your Name and Company.
- Paste the 16-character Registration Key from step 6.
- Click Registration.
Do not type the Gumroad license key here. This field takes the registration key only.
The window still shows an old web address to buy a key. Do not use it: you bought your key on Gumroad.
Activate
The Activation window opens. The program sends the registration key and the installation number to our server. Then the Activation code field shows a number.
Click Activate. The program says Thank you for registration!
The field stays empty? The computer must be on the internet for this step. Check the connection and the key, then try again. Or send the registration key and the installation number to support by e-mail.
The program says the key is used
Sometimes the Activation window says: You try to reuse the registration key. You need to buy an additional registration key.
This means the key is active on a different computer. One key works on one computer. You have two choices:
- You want the program on one more computer: buy one more registration key.
- Your old computer stopped working: buy an Activation Key ($90) and move your key to the new computer.
Your key came with one year of e-mail support. You can check its end date.