What is activation?
Activation is an additional step in the registration process designed to limit both intentional and unintentional software piracy. Product activation has become a popular way for software vendors to control software piracy and is used by a number of vendors including Microsoft, Novell, Borland etc. By limiting software piracy, companies are able to focus more attention and resources toward development and customer service providing substantially more value to customers. Activation is not intended to hinder legitimate usage under the terms of the product licensing agreement. How does it work? Activation normally occurs during the initial installation process. When installing the product for the first time on a machine the install program will inform you that the product must be activated. The product installation will then offer to open a URL to a page on our site where you can download the activation keys. At this point if you chose to accept, you will be taken to our website where you
Activation is the name for the process that ties together information from your Microsoft Passport account and your hardware device(s). Activation uses this information to create a permission code that’s stored on your device. This permission code enables you to access premium eBook content that has been packaged to help ensure secure distribution. Read more information about Activation privacy or about Passport privacy.
Activation of Adobe Digital Editions allows you to read DRM-protected Adobe eBooks. The first time that you open Adobe Digital Editions, you must activate the program. Adobe Digital Editions can be activated anonymously, or by using an Adobe ID. Anonymous activation allows you to read DRM-protected Adobe eBooks on your computer only. If you use anonymous activation, note these limitations • You will only be able to read a downloaded Adobe eBook on a single computer. • You will not be able to download an Adobe eBook on more than one computer. After the initial download of an Adobe eBook, subsequent downloads of that title can only be completed on the same computer. • You will not be able to transfer Adobe eBooks to a Sony Reader. • You can decide to activate using an Adobe ID at any time. However, if you activate Adobe Digital Editions with an Adobe ID which has already been used to activate Adobe Digital Editions on another computer, the Adobe eBooks you originally downloaded when usin
Activation of Adobe Digital Editions allows you to read DRM-protected Adobe eBooks. The first time that you open Adobe Digital Editions, you must activate the program. Adobe Digital Editions can be activated anonymously, or by using an Adobe ID. Anonymous activation allows you to read DRM-protected Adobe eBooks on your computer only. If you use anonymous activation, note these limitations… • You will only be able to read a downloaded Adobe eBook on a single computer. • You will not be able to download an Adobe eBook on more than one computer. After the initial download of an Adobe eBook, subsequent downloads of that title can only be completed on the same computer. • You will not be able to transfer Adobe eBooks to a Sony Reader. • You can decide to activate using an Adobe ID at any time. However, if you activate Adobe Digital Editions with an Adobe ID which has already been used to activate Adobe Digital Editions on another computer, the Adobe eBooks you originally downloaded when usi
Activation helps verify that your copy of Windows is genuine and that it has not been used on more computers than the Microsoft Software License Terms allow. In this way, activation helps prevent software counterfeiting. With an activated copy of Windows, you’ll be able to use every Windows feature.
