Software suite activation

摘要

A method and a system perform software suite activation. In some embodiments, a method includes installing a software suite having a number of software products onto a computer device. If a copy of one of the number of software products is already activated on the computer device, the installing includes deactivating a license of the copy of the one of the number of software products. Additionally, if a copy of one of the number of software products is already activated on the computer device, the installing includes adopting, by the software suite, the copy of the one of the number of software products.

主权项

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium that provides instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations for installing a software suite comprising a number of software products onto a computing device where a copy of at least one of the software products is already installed and activated on the computing device, the operations comprising:
installing a software suite onto the computer device, the software suite comprising the number of software products, wherein the installing includes performing operations comprising:
determining that the copy of at least one of the number of software products in the suite is already installed and activated on the computer device;in response to determining that the installed copy is already activated on the computer device, deactivating a license of the installed copy; andchanging a serial number of the installed copy of the one of the number of software products to match a serial number of the software suite.