Activation Server 6

It is possible to lock a license or check if a subscription or maintenance contract is still valid.

 

If the license is locked before the Serial Number key was already used, the product activation will fail. If the Serial Number key is locked after the activation was already done, then a regular online check is necessary to lock / revoke the license.

 

 

 

 

Is Locked

Locking a license blocks the product activation or key usage in case the key was not used. To lock / revoke a license, which was already used, a regular online check is necessary.

 

If the same Key / ID  is used on multiple computers, locking the key / ID would lock all computers.

 

 

Regular license verification (days)

If you enabled regular license check, the default interval value (number of days, how often the license check is done) from the product configuration is used. You can change the interval for this key / ID or cancel the regular online verification.

 

 

Abusive usage

If an activation or license validation fails several times for a key / ID, this key is automatically flagged as - abusive usage. An online validation of the same key which had a valid product activation before or a reinstallation on the same computer will still work.

 

However a key usage which results in an error like key was already used will generate an unknown error (code 16384). The idea is that the Activation Server 6 can automatically detect, if someone spreads a key / ID through the Internet and the usage of this key will generate unknown errors during product activation.

 

Locking a key will completely stop the usage of the key (e.g. also a valid product activation would be locked with the next online validation) while marking the key with abusive usage will affect only misused keys.

 

A key with the abusive usage flag set will be displayed in lists with the icon .

 

 

The option here allows to uncheck the flag (in case you know there is no abusive usage) or to manually flag the key as abusive usage.

 

The default value is set in the product configuration, Flag as abusive usage after number of errors