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ABBYY FineReader 10 Corporate Edition
System Administrator’s Guide
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3. Follow the instructions of the Deactivation Wizard.
Note: When deactivating a license by e-mail, you will receive a license status recovery file in reply. To complete the deactivation
process, you must recover the status of the license. For detailed instructions, see Recovering the status of a per-seat license
.
Once the deactivation process completes, the status of the license will change to Free or Reserved for
.
Important!
The number of allowed deactivations is limited.
Recovering the status of a per-seat license
If the computer hosting the License Server has been renamed or the License Server has been moved to a different computer, you
may recover the statuses of the licenses. The statuses of all the licenses related to the same serial number will be recovered
simultaneously. Once the license statuses have been recovered, the corresponding activation information in the License Manager
will be updated.
1. Launch ABBYY FineReader 10 License Manager.
2. Select the desired license and click Recover Status.
3. Follow the instructions of the License Status Recovery Wizard.
The following license status recovery methods are available:
― Via the Internet
Status recovery is carried out automatically and usually takes very little time. This method requires an active Internet
connection.
― By e-mail
The program will automatically generate an e-mail message containing the technical data required for license status
recovery and prompt you to send this e-mail message to ABBYY. You will receive an auto reply with an attached file
that contains license status recovery data. Save this file to your hard disk and provide the path to the file in the
corresponding field of the License Status Recovery Wizard.
Note: Do not alter the body and subject of the e-mail message to ensure a prompt reply from the mail robot.
― By e-mail from another computer
If your computer is not currently connected to the Internet, the License Status Recovery Wizard will help you create and
save a file containing the required technical data. You can then send this file to ABBYY from any other computer that is
connected to the Internet. You will receive an auto reply with an attached file that contains license status recovery data.
Save this file to your hard disk and provide the path to the file in the corresponding field of the License Status Recovery
Wizard.
Once the license status recovery process completes, the statuses of the activated licenses will be marked with asterisks (*).
The name of the workstations on which the licenses have been activated will not be displayed.
4. Reinstall ABBYY FineReader 10 on the workstations.
The statuses of the activated licenses will change to Activated on <name of workstation>.
Note: You can find a license by workstation name:
1. In ABBYY FineReader 10 License Manager, click Find.
2. Type the name of the workstation and click OK.
License Pools
A pool is a collection of licenses (or serial numbers) of the same standing.
There are two types of pools: concurrent pools, which may contain only concurrent licenses, and per-seat pools, which may
contain only per-seat licenses. The type of a pool can only be defined upon creation.
Each license belongs to a pool. Pools are created and managed by the administrator. Additionally, a pool is created for each added
license. Unlike separate licenses, pools can be reserved for more than one workstation.
Working with License Pools (Reserving and Releasing Pools)
Creating a pool
1. In ABBYY FineReader 10 License Manager, select Pool>Create…
2. In the dialog box that opens, specify a pool name and pool type (per seat or concurrent). Click OK.
Note: You cannot change the type of a pool once it has been created.
Note: When you add and activate a license on the server, a pool for this license is created automatically.