9.0

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Corporate Edition
System Administrator’s Guide
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Assigning a license
You can assign a license to a particular workstation. An assigned license can only be used on the workstation to which it has been
assigned.
To assign a license:
1. Launch the License Manager.
2. Select the desired license and click Assign…
3. In the dialog box that opens, type the name of the workstation to which you wish to assign the license.
In the License Manager window, the status of the selected license will change to Assigned.
More about assigning Per Seat licenses
A Per Seat license can only be assigned to a workstation before you install ABBYY FineReader on this workstation. Then, when you
install ABBYY FineReader on this workstation, the license will be activated and bound to the workstation.
Releasing an assigned license
When ABBYY FineReader is launched on a workstation, the program will take either the license assigned to this workstation (if any) or
a free license that is available on the server.
To release an assigned Concurrent license:
1. Launch the License Manager.
2. Make sure that ABBYY FineReader is not running on the workstation from which it is to be released. (The Running on… status
in the License Manager window shows that ABBYY FineReader is running on this workstation.)
3. Select the license and click Free…
The status of the released license will change to Free.
To release an assigned Per Seat license
a. If ABBYY FineReader has not yet been installed and the assigned license has not yet been activated on the workstation:
1. Launch the License Manager.
2. Select the license.
3. Click Free
b. If ABBYY FineReader has already been installed on the workstation and the assigned license has been activated:
1. Remove ABBYY FineReader from the workstation.
The status of the license in the License Manager window will have an asterisk next to it. The asterisk indicates that the license
has been activated. Before you can install an activated license on another workstation, you must deactivate it.
2. Using the License Manager, deactivate the license. For detailed instructions , see Deactivating a license.
c. If an error occurred on the workstation on which the license was activated and the workstation is currently inaccessible:
● Use the License Manager to deactivate the license on this workstation. For detailed instructions, see Deactivating a license.
Note: An asterisk will be displayed next to the license status in the License Manager window. This asterisk indicates that the
license has been deactivated.
Deactivating a license (only for Per Seat licenses)
If a malfunction occurs on a workstation on which a Per Seat license has been activated, you can return the license to the server by first
deactivating it on the workstation. Only after deactivating the license will you be able to assign it to a different workstation.
To deactivate a license:
1. Launch the License Manager.
2. Select the license and click Deactivate…
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 license (only for Per Seat
licenses).
Once the deactivation process is complete, the status of the license will change to Free.
Important!
1. The number of allowed deactivations is limited.
2. Make sure that the workstation is inaccessible and that ABBYY FineReader cannot be run on it.