What is product activation?
Product activation is an anonymous, secure, and hassle free process that authenticates licensed users during the installation process. The process verifies that the serial number is legitimate, and has not been activated on more systems than allowed by the Adobe product license agreement. It does not affect the ability of licensed users to use their software the way they have always done.
Product activation is a software-based license management technology incorporated into many Autodesk products. It is a secure and trouble-free process that authenticates licensed users running Autodesk software. The process verifies that the serial number is legitimate and has not been activated on more computers than are eligible. It does not affect the ability of licensed users to operate their software the way they have always done. It is similar to the authorization mechanism in Autodesk products in the past but provides additional capabilities for security and special product versions (such as student and trial versions).
Product activation is an anonymous, secure and hassle-free one-time process that authenticates licensed users during the installation process. The activation process verifies that the serial number is legitimate and has not been activated on more systems than allowed by the End User License Agreement (EULA). It does not affect the ability of licensed users to use their software as they always have. For more information on Adobe’s product activation process and policies and to review our expanded EULA, please visit our Product Activation Center. Note that activation is not required for products acquired under a volume license agreement.
Microsoft Product Activation is aimed at reducing software piracy (the number of illegal copies of a software program). Product Activation also helps verify that the software has been legally licensed and ensures that Microsoft’s customers are receiving the software quality that they expect. For more information on Product Activation, visit www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation.mspx.
