Transferring a license to another computer

License transfer is required in the following cases:

- reinstalling Windows
- renaming the Windows user
- renaming a computer using Windows tools
- computer motherboard replacement
- updating the motherboard BIOS
- moving to another computer

In all of these cases, the AVC plugins will stop working and will tell you that you do not have a license to use the AVC programs. Transferring a license will allow you not to buy a new license, but to use the old one.

To transfer, you must first cancel the activation of the license on the old computer, and then reactivate it on the new one. That is, you need to delete from the A>V>C> database the record linking your license with a specific computer.

To remove the old activation, you can use ANY computer where the A>V>C> programs are installed and your account (e-mail) is configured. Even if the old computer is faulty, this is not a problem.

Procedure

On a new (or old) computer launch the A>V>C> Options Palette with the AvcOptions command and go to the "License Managment" tab.

If you plan to destroy an old computer, you can delete all activations of that computer for all AVC programs at once. Use the "Deactivate All" button at the bottom of the window opposite the name of this computer.

Or in the list of activations, find the activation of the old computer, click on PC name and click the "Delete" button. Fear not, you are removing the activation, not the license. If you make a mistake, it is fixable. It will be possible to activate the workplace again for free. The Delete button is only available when a computer is selected in the list, not a license.

Search for a computer in the list by its name. The name of the current computer (on which you are currently working) is indicated above the list in the "This workplace" field and its activations are highlighted in orange.

Please do not confuse activation deletion with license destruction. By deleting computer activation, you only unlink the license from a specific workstation. The license will remain in any case, you will not lose anything and you will not have to pay anything.

As soon as you remove the activation you will see that the license began to be displayed in green and a "1" (the number of available activations) appeared after its name.

After these actions, the A>V>C> program will no longer be able to run on the old computer - an activation window will pop up.

Now start a new computer, run AvcOptions or any command from the plugin, enter the same account and password on the "Account A>V>C>" tab. Please check carefully that you are entering exactly the account (email) to which your license is recorded.

On the "License Managment" tab, select the license you want to activate, click on the program name to select this license, and click the "Activate" button. The Activate button is only available when License is selected and not PC activation.

Or just run any command from the plugin. The program itself will find a free, unused license and offer to activate it rather than buying a new license.

Limits

Trial and free licenses cannot be transferred.
You cannot transfer a paid license if it was activated on a computer in offline mode. Even reinstalling Windows or renaming a user on such a computer will require the purchase of a new license.
It is prohibited to use one license by several users on different computers in turn, constantly transferring the license. To avoid such use, the license server will not allow you to reactivate licenses more than once per day. Because of this, if you reconfigured your computer for the second time that day, you will have to wait until tomorrow to reactivate.

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