Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 37)

• Use MapInfo Professional – Select this option if you have not received an Activation Response
file yet and you want to use MapInfo Professional under the courtesy period.
• Start Activation Over – Select this option if previous activation attempts have failed.
3. Click either Finish or Next.
• If you selected Use MapInfo Professional, click Finish. The Activation Wizard closes and MapInfo
Professional is ready to use under the courtesy period. You can finish the activation at a later time.
• If an earlier attempt to activate MapInfo Professional failed, and you selected Start Activation
Over, click Next. The Activation Wizard restarts, giving you the opportunity to try the activation
again.
Transferring a Node-Locked License
Node-locked licenses (the third character of the serial number is "N") are associated with a particular
computer. To use your product on a computer other than the one on which you have it activated, and
without consuming another license, you can transfer your license from one computer to another. For
example, you received a new computer at work and you want to run your product on the new computer
instead of on the old one.
Your organization is limited to either 10 license transfers per year or two times the number of
licenses you have purchased per year, whichever number is greater. For example, an organization Note:
with 50 node-locked licenses of MapInfo Professional is permitted 100 transfers per year. This
lets you upgrade the entire set of user computers and provides for license transfers, such as
when employees change roles.
Transferring Your License to another Computer
To transfer a node-locked license:
1. Open MapInfo Professional.
2. Choose Help > Licensing > Transfer license.
3. In the MapInfo Professional License Transfer dialog box, click Yes.
4. In the Select Activation Method dialog box, select an activation method, either Automatic Transfer
or Email Transfer, and then click Next.
For further instruction, continue to the Automatic Transfer section or to the Email Transfer section.
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Chapter 3: Starting and Activating MapInfo Professional