Reference Manual

CHAPTER 3. UNLOCKING LIVE 11
For details, please see the corresponding section.
3.2.3 Unlocking Online
If the computer you want to unlock Live for is connected to the Internet, the only thing you
need to do is press the Unlock Online button. Live will then create a connection to the
Ableton server, send your serial number and challenge code, and receive the unlock key
from the server. No information other than this is exchanged between your computer and
the Ableton server.
3.2.4 Unlocking Ofine
Unlocking Live Ofine.
If the computer you want to unlock Live for is not connected to the Internet, you can use
any other computer to access the Ableton server's web interface
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. This is a website with
elds for entering your serial number and the challenge code, which you can copy from
Live's Unlock dialog.
If you have entered your serial number and challenge code correctly, another website will
appear to provide you with the unlock key. Follow the weblink to download the unlock key
as a le. Transfer the le to the target computer via some form of storage media, such as a
USB drive or CD-ROM. Then, press the Unlock dialog's Load Unlock Key button to load the
unlock key le.
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http://www.ableton.com/unlock