I was also told that activation was required under the following circumstancesġ. During the course of this discussion and before I closed the incident (an SRX for those who have experience with MS tech support) I was told emphatically by the tech support person that given I had reached the limit of 2, the only solution was to purchase another copy of the product. In my defense, I was given this an an option from Microsoft Tech Support so I don't feel too bad about it.Īt any rate, I decided to pursue the open incident I had with Microsoft so that I could get definative info re activation and what it means and what to do when the '2 activation limit' is reached. For the record, I was able to solve my problem without calling MS because FS here in Canada exchanged the product for me. I wasn't going to get back into this but can't resist. Not true, unlsss you provide a direct link. Just putting this out there in it's own, subject specific post, so others don't get caught like I did. as you might expect, I'm not gonna test this anytime soon ? ? Logic would indicate that if you re-install this on the same machine where it was originally installed, that the hardware hash would match the original activation one and you wouldn't have a problem but. I know that this is all in the aid of copy protection (which I support) but as it is based on your hardware, if you change your machine (upgrade etc), you'll be required to re-active.
You can get around this with a call to Microsoft (either an auth code for you existing Prod Key or they'll issue you a new product key) but be prepared for the usual long, drawn-out process.
Activation is requiree after an install.Īfter that, you get an error message stating that you have exceeded the activation count. Just be aware (I saw some comment from someone saying that their new machine would arrive tomorrow and they would be re-installing FSX) that you can ONLY USE THE PRODUCT KEY TO ACTIVATE THIS TWICE using the Product Key that came in the DVD case.