To activate a product means to turn on Copy Protection and run the software with the specified license options.
There are 4 options to activate a product
The Video Tutorial offers a live demonstration of each activation method.
This method allows a complete automation of the process. The Activation Server is required. The Activation Server also ensures that the Serial Number can be used only once. The Online Activation is a feature of the Premium version.
The hardware IDs and the Serial Number is sent to the Activation server, verified, stored in a data base and in case the Serial Number was not used before, copy protection is activated and time limitation is deleted to allow a an unlimited program start.