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BioShock_Revoke_Tool_User_Instructions.pdf
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9-Oct-07
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4. Click the "Revoke Activation Online" button, see above
The Revoke tool will then attempt to contact the activation server and free up your license. When it
succeeds, you will be presented with a progress bar followed by a confirmation that the license was
removed, click OK and then Exit to close the tool.
At this point, BioShock has been deactivated on your computer and freed up the activation on the activation
server. If you want to run BioShock on this computer again, you will be asked to re-activate it with a valid
activation code.
5. Multiple User Accounts
5.1 Revoking activations from multiple account on a single computer
There is currently a limitation to the revocation tool that prevents it from deactivating multiple activations on a
single computer where BioShock has been activated in multiple User Accounts.
For example, if you have two user accounts on a single computer and have activated BioShock in both
accounts, using the revocation tool will only free up one activation. Using the revoke tool again on the same
computer to reclaim the second activation will result in either a Revocation process failed! Internal Error:
server error – unknown server or a This application is not activated on your machine, the revocation could
not be performed. error.
5.2 Revoke tool requires elevation to Administrator when run (Windows Vista)
If you run the tool in a Standard level user account and are asked to elevate your user level by entering an
Administrative level password, the license for the account that you are entering the password from will have
it's activation revoked. If there is no activation on the account that you are elevating the user to, you may
get the This application is not activated on your machine, the revocation can not be performed.
This is because the Revoke tool needs to remove a license file before revoking the license and when
elevated to an Administrative user level will remove this from the Administrator account and not from the
Standard user account.
If you are using Windows Vista and want to revoke the license from a Standard level Limited User Account,
you should temporarily disable the User Access Control (UAC), otherwise the revocation tool will request
elevation to administrator and may not detect the correct license to revoke.