9.0

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Corporate Edition
System Administrator’s Guide
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Recovering the status of a license (only for Per Seat licenses)
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 relevant activation information will be updated in the License Manager.
Step 1. Obtaining information about the license statuses from the ABBYY server
1. Launch the License Manager.
2. Select a license and click Recover.
3. On the menu that opens, select Recover status of selected license…
4. 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
ABBYY FineReader 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. You must save this file to your hard disk and provide the path
to the file in the corresponding field of the License Status Recovery Wizard.
Important! 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. You must save this file to your hard disk and provide the path to the file in the corresponding field of
the License Status Recovery Wizard.
Important! The file created by the License Status Recovery Wizard must be sent to the following e–mail address:
FineReader–[e-mail]
Once the license status recovery process is complete, the statuses of the activated licenses will be marked with asterisks (*).
5. Once the statuses of the licenses in the License Manager window are updated, go to step 2.
Step 2. Finding the workstations with activated licenses
● Reinstall ABBYY FineReader on the workstations.
For detailed instructions, see Installing ABBYY FineReader 9.0 on Workstations.
The statuses of the activated licenses will change to Activated on.
Now you can deactivate the desired license in order to assign it to a different workstation.
Note: If you know the name of the workstation with an activated license, you can find this license by the workstation name:
1. In the License Manager, click Recover.
2. On the menu that opens, select Find license by workstation name…
3. Type the name of the workstation and click OK.
Viewing the properties of a license
1. Launch the License Manager.
2. Select the desired license and click Properties…
The License Properties dialog box will open with detailed information about all the available licenses.