Manufacturer |
Product
Name |
Activation
Method |
Runs
without Activation (grace period) |
Tolerates
hardware upgrades |
Can be
installed on another computer |
Activation-free
version available |
|
321 Studios |
DVD X Copy Platinum 4.0.3 |
Internet, telephone |
No |
|
|
No |
Abbyy Software House |
Abbyy Finereader 7.0 |
Internet, telephone |
Restricted mode |
License locked to hard disk (Macrovision Safecast/C-Dilla) |
Requires reactivation which may not be granted |
No |
Adobe |
Acrobat 7.0 |
Internet |
30 days |
Allows installation on two computers |
Implements deactivation/transfer functionality |
No |
Adobe |
Photoshop CS |
Internet |
30 days |
|
|
No |
Adobe |
Premiere Pro 1.5 |
Internet |
30 days |
|
|
No |
Arcadia Solution Corp. |
MyTaxExpress |
Internet |
No |
|
|
|
Autodesk |
AutoCAD 2005 |
Internet, e-mail, FAX, mail |
30 days |
|
Allows installation of a second copy on alternate computer |
No (Network licenses utilize license server technology) |
Corel |
Designer 10 |
Internet, telephone |
30 days |
|
|
|
CyberLink |
PowerDVD 6.0 |
Internet |
30 day trial version |
|
|
|
Dan Hite |
Auction Sentry 2.0 |
Internet, e-mail |
10 days |
Some hardware changes may require reactivation |
No |
No |
Intuit |
TurboTax 2002 |
Internet |
|
|
No |
|
Intuit |
TurboTax 2003 |
Internet |
|
|
No |
|
Intuit Canada |
QuickTax 2001 |
Internet, telephone |
No |
License locked to hard disk |
No |
|
Intuit Canada |
QuickTax 2002 |
Internet, telephone |
No |
|
No |
|
Intuit Canada |
QuickTax 2003 |
Internet, telephone |
No |
|
No |
Unrestricted Activations granted after tax period ends. Still must 'phone home'. |
Intuit Canada |
QuickTax 2004 |
Internet, telephone |
No |
|
|
|
Intuit Canada |
TurboTax |
Internet, telephone |
No |
|
|
|
Macrium |
Reflect |
Internet |
|
|
|
|
Macromedia |
Dreamweaver MX 2004 |
Internet |
30 days |
License locked to hard drive, CPU family |
License transfer mechanism provided |
To volume license customers |
Maplesoft |
Maple 10 |
Internet, e-mail |
No |
|
|
No |
Mathsoft |
Mathcad 11 |
Internet, e-mail, telephone |
15 days |
Some hardware changes may require reactivation |
Single license allows concurrent use on two computers |
To volume-license customers (may require license server) |
Microsoft |
Flight Simulator X |
Internet, telephone |
30 minutes (reduced functionality without activation) |
|
Two activations permitted |
No |
Microsoft |
Office 2000 |
Internet, telephone |
50 launches |
Up to 3 core components may be replaced without reactivation |
Requires reactivation which may not be granted |
Earlier versions of Office 2000 were sold without Activation |
Microsoft |
Office XP |
Internet, telephone |
50 launches |
Up to 3 core components may be replaced without reactivation |
Requires reactivation which may not be granted |
To volume-license customers |
Microsoft |
Windows 2003 Server |
Internet, telephone |
30 days |
Up to 3 core components may be replaced without reactivation |
Requires reactivation which may not be granted |
To volume-license customers |
Microsoft |
Windows XP |
Internet, telephone |
30 days |
Up to 3 core components may be replaced without reactivation |
Requires reactivation which may not be granted |
To volume-license customers |
MYOB |
Accounting |
Internet, telephone |
30 days |
License tied to individual "company files" |
|
|
Pinnacle Systems |
Studio 9 |
Internet |
|
|
|
|
Quark, Inc. |
QuarkXpress |
Internet, telephone |
5 days |
|
|
Site license |
RentRight |
RentRight |
Internet, e-mail, telephone |
30 days |
Some hardware changes may require reactivation |
Requires reactivation which may not be granted |
|
ScanSoft |
OmniPage Pro 10 |
Internet |
25 launches |
|
|
|
ScanSoft |
OmniPage Pro 15 |
Internet |
5 launches |
|
Deactivation possible, allowing reactivation |
To volume-license customers |
Siber Systems |
AI Roboform 5.6.3 |
Internet |
3 identities and 30 passcards |
|
Yes |
Free version only |
Siber Systems |
Goodsync |
Internet |
|
|
|
|
StarNet |
X-Win32 |
Internet, telephone |
30 days |
License locked to Ethernet card, CPU, or hard disk |
Single license allows up to three registrations |
"Floating license" available at extra cost |
Symantec |
Drive Image 7 |
Internet, telephone |
30 days |
|
|
No |
Symantec |
Norton AntiSpam 2004 |
Internet |
15 days |
|
|
No |
Symantec |
Norton Antivirus 2003 |
Internet |
14 days |
Some hardware changes may require reactivation |
Requires reactivation which may not be granted |
|
Symantec |
Norton Antivirus 2004 |
Internet |
15 days |
Some hardware changes may require reactivation |
License transfer mechanism provided |
|
Symantec |
Norton Antivirus 2005 |
Internet |
15 days |
Some hardware changes may require reactivation |
License transfer mechanism provided |
|
Symantec |
Norton Ghost 9.0 |
Internet |
15 days |
Some hardware changes may require reactivation |
License transfer mechanism provided |
|
Symantec |
Partition Magic 8 |
Internet, telephone |
30 days |
|
|
No |
Symantec |
SystemWorks 2004 |
Internet, telephone |
15 days |
|
|
No |
TaxWiz |
TaxWiz 2002 |
Internet, telephone |
No |
|
No |
No |
Wolfram Research |
Mathematica |
Internet, e-mail |
No |
License tied to hard drive |
Requires reactivation which may not be granted |
|