The automated authorization program will try to connect to the Internet every month. Does this mean my software is only authorized for 30 days?
No, while the automated authorization program will try to verify your package and account information on a monthly basis, your software may actually be authorized for up to a year. Here’s how it works: each time the automated authorization program connects to the Internet and successfully communicates with the authorization database (or is authorized manually if you don’t have an Internet connection), it sets a counter in your software based on your authorization term. Every customer whose account is in good standing has an authorization term of one year, so the counter is set for 365 days. Next month, when the automated authorization program connects again, it resets the counter back to one year. If the program cannot connect to the Internet, or cannot verify your authorization, it will attempt to connect again each time you re-start the system. (You can also run the automated authorization program manually at any time.) If the program has still not been able to verify your authorizat
