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How do I allow to make a reinstallation on the same machine?

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It is possible to allow by default, that a user can install the application multiple times on the same PC.

Scenario

•Customer installs and activates the license

•Customer uninstalls the application

•Customer reinstalls the application

By default, the reinstallation would not work, because it is counted as a second activation.

The concept to allow a reinstallation

To recognize a PC, hardware ID’s are compared with former activations and only if hardware ID’s match, the module can be activated again.

A PC is considered identical if at least the number of installation codes, defined with MinIdenticalInstcodes, is identical – e.g. MinIdenticalInstcodes = 3 would need at least 3 identical installation codes out of all available codes (version 2.4 there are 9 codes) to be identified as the same PC.

MinIdenticalInstcodes is ignored if a list of installation codes is defined with CheckInstCodeType.

Example:

(installation code number 5 ensures that the version can not be installed again on another directory). A missing code 2 and 6 would allow an installation after a new network adapter was installed.

Depending on this definition, the Web Activation Server will compare only those 3 Instcodes to determine if a PC is identical.

•To turn on this feature - see AllowReactivation

•Set the values how to identify a machine - see MinIdenticalInstcodes

•See also CheckInstCodeType and IgnoreLocalInstCode for additional configuration options

If this feature is turned off, the maximum number of Key / ID Usage have to be incremented by 1 manually - see Modify an Activation

To use this functionality with EasyGo you have to generate a Serial Number with the option Unlimited Installation (default setting for Serial Number) . All-In-One Protector creates all keys with this option turned on.