Freedom9 4020 Network Card User Manual


 
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the product. If your computer has an Internet connection, the license is activated automatically.
However, if your Internet connection was temporarily down or if your computer has no Internet
connection, your license will not be activated. You must activate your license within 30 days of
installing DiskSafe Express; otherwise you will not be able to perform a backup or recovery
after that time.
If your Internet connection was temporarily down, your license will be activated automatically
the next time you run DiskSafe Express with a restored Internet connection.
However, if your computer has no Internet connection, you must perform offline activation (as
described in the next section).
Note: The license activation is tied to your computer’s hardware. Once you
have activated a particular license, if your computer hardware changes, or if
you install DiskSafe Express on a different computer using the same key code,
an error message will appear. You must export your current license data (Action
Æ License Æ Offline Activation Æ Export License Data) and e-mail the license
file to “dsekeycode@freedom9.com”, indicating that your hardware has
changed. When you receive confirmation that your license has been
re-activated, you can continue to use the product.
Activating your license without an Internet connection
If your license wasn’t activated because your computer has no Internet connection, you must
obtain an activation code using another computer that does have both an Internet connection
and e-mail.
To activate your license without an Internet connection:
1. From the Action menu, click License Æ Offline Activation to open the Offline Activation
dialog box.
2. Click “Export License Data”.
3. On the Save As dialog box, select one of the following locations and then click Save:
A shared folder accessible to both your computer and a computer that has Internet and
e-mail access
A floppy disk
A USB disk
4. If you did not save the file to a shared folder, take the floppy disk or USB disk to a