My DAW pc was not even online at this point and never had been - something that I intended to stick to and had steadfastly avoided buying anything that required being online.

I'd had other NI things before that were easy enough to install offline and there was a deal on so I bit thinking all would be as I was used to. I also got caught with the NI Access thing when I bought Komplete 11. Helpful support from Native Instruments 5 words that I didn't know went together. After that I launched Battery and it was no longer in demo mode, so Native Access automatic authorizating apparently worked. To authorize Battery I had to run the disfunctional Native Access, which didn't display properly and crashed shortly after launching. After a bit of downloading, etc., I had the Battery 4 installation files which installed easily and quickly. The guy was helpful and supplied me with a link to 2 ISO files.

I asked whether an offline installation for Battery was possible. It installed ok but didn't work properly, so I contacted support on the NI website. So I went ahead and installed the installer 'Native Access'. I hate online installations and I might have changed my mind about sticking with NI if I had read the blurb earlier. Unfortunately I skipped over reading most of the info on the website and completely missed the bit about installation of all current NI products now being online only. After being a regular user of Battery 3 for over 10 years, I decided that it was about time I upgraded.

Demo of komplete ultimate 11