I have been using Windows 10 Inside Preview and rebuilding my system with every new build made available. AND happily install CorelDraw X7. UNTIL yesterday when I get the message "this serial number has been used too many times to activate."
Reading through some of the forums I should have uninstalled the CDX7 before rebuilding my PCs and hence reducing the number of Activations.
I am only using the s/w on one desktop PC.
There must be a way to deactivate all old versions so that I install it again and Activate - similar to the way iTunes does it.
Please help - I have 29 days to go!
J.
Phil1923 said:You forgot to mention. 1. You must be logged in to your account before you uninstall CDGS.
I said that "you should be connected (sign up with your user name) on both install and uninstall".
Phil1923 said:4. What do you mean by "connected". Connected to what. Sign up where and how.
I mean that requires internet connection, for log in with your user name and password. It's not enough to start or uninstall the program with your user name, the computer should be connected with internet for validate it.
Phil1923 said:6. Where did you get that 5 installs are allowed. Everybody else says that it is 3 in the USA. No. I'm not going to read the contract. Did you read it.
Seems you have a little confusion abot this. The contract or user agreemnet talk about 2 or 3 installations (according country or region), and that means 3 simultaneous installations as long as they are used by you and not running at the same time. Don't confuse with the 5 times that you can install the program without uninstall it (and unilimted times if you uninstall then reinstall). The goal of those 5 installations was the concept of "transfering licence from one computer to another". The idea was uninstall on one computer, then install on another (or the same if you want). If you can't uninstall (for example, for a hard disk fail) you have up to 5 times for install the program (on the same or different computers). That was for prevent some users that install the same program under several computers.
Phil1923 said:5. There is absolutely nothing on the Corel site which explains "accounts". I never even knew that I had an "account" with Corel. The word "account" does not appear anywhere on the site.
I posted a reply but it seems it was not published. Then, I will post again:
if you go to http://www.coreldraw.com/us/ the "Account" is on the top right side. For some reason, if you go to http://www.corel.com/us/ the links said "Sign in" but if click on the "Sign in" link (or on "Register your product" at the bottom of page) you're redirecting to https://account.corel.com/ and then redirecting to your customer area. The word "Account" appears more than one instance.
Phil1923 said:Hi Ariel, Once more. 1. You must sign in to your account. Not just the internet.
Of course, that what I said since my first answer:
Ariel said:you should be connected (sign up with your user name) on both install and uninstall-
I use "sign up" instead "sign in", maybe it was my mistake, but the concept is the same: log in on your aacount with your user name and password. For di, it's needed to have internet connection. If you uninstall the program without be connected to internet or without log in with your user name, the process will not be registered
Phil1923 said:2 Log into what.
Your're log in to https://account.corel.com/ and then redirecting to your customer area. But it's needed to do it inside the program, not using a brower (Chrome, Firefoex, Internet Explorer, etc)
Phil1923 said:3. How in the world can Corel know if CDGS is only installed on 3 computers if you do not uninstall properly.
You can install the program several times on several computers, but when you install you should log in to your account, then you're sending the information about install or uninstall the program. The company is not tracking each user and there's not hide spy on the program.
On your account, there's a limit of 5 successive installations. If you need to install more, you should unistall one first. If you uninstall, then reinstall, there's no limit for uninstall and reinstall. But the contract (EULA) allows to have 2 or 3 simultanous installations (change according the country), that means it's not legal to use the same program on both computers at the same time. I didn't the test, but I suppose the program should work on both at the same time, this legal limit is supposed for your personal use (ie, at work and at home) but prevents for some companies that want to use the same program on 5 or 10 computers simultanously, or for people who share the program and serial number on internet (as older versions), then the same program was installed and used on hundreds computers at the same time.