John, When you buy a license for MLO/Windows you will receive an email with an activation code that you copy and then paste into an MLO registration window.
You can install on multiple computers. I think there's some legality like all of the installations have to be for your personal use, you can use one license to install a copy for every member of your team. There is nothing like an every five month reregistration. The activation code does not expire. Eventually there will be a major version update and your registration code will not work on the new version. You can continue to use the old version although support will eventually fade away, or you can but license to the upgrade. Upgrade licenses usually cost less than new licenses. There's no limit to the number of times you can re-install, however this is a productivity tool and if you are spending a lot of time reinstalling that would have to cut into your productivity. You should really consider the "portable version" that Mark suggested, which entails installing to a flash drive, then carrying the flash drive with you and plugging in to whatever computer you want to use. This also addresses the issue of installing to a computer without internet access. If you want an actual on-computer installation on a computer without Internet access here is what you have to do: 1. Install on a computer that -does- have Internet Access 2. Register your license 3. On the registration screen, use the function to export registration data to a file 4. Use the file to register your nonconnected computer. I *think* the way this works is that you copy the registration file into the same folder as the MLO program and then start MLO. If that's not right, get back in touch and somebody will look it up in the user guide for you. Once you are set with licensed copies on all of your computers and reinstallation every time you wipe a computer, then you will want to think about your tasks themselves. Will every computer have its own distinct set of tasks? Will you start over with an empty list every time you reinstall? If either answer is "no" you will want way to share tasks across computers. If you use the portable version it's easy, just keep the tasks on the same flash drive and remember to back it up regularly. If you are using on-computer installations, you will want to sync your tasks. The two most common sync methods are cloud and wifi (there are others). The nonconnected computer is pretty much limited to wifi. You could use wifi for all of them but if you are syncing a lot of computers the constant unpairing and repairing of computers could get burdensome. For computers that access the Internet, cloud sync does a great job of propagating the latest set of tasks across all of your computers. Regarding getting your data out, you can also export the data and import it elsewhere. The process works but involves a bit of manual tweaking and editing to try to achieve compatibility across competing programs, and it's not exactly automatic or easy. -Dwight From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MLO] Re: What are the limits imposed by activation? John, I cannot answer all the questions, but I use the portable version, if you used that then installation on multiple machines, re-formatting your drive would also not then be an issue. As for the connection to the internet, and activation expiry, I don't think once installed the licence is checked i.e. I don't think MLO connects to a licence server periodically, but I am not certain of that. Someone else more familiar should be able to answer that for you. But I use MLO Windows portable mostly behind firewalls, which would prevent access to a licence server, so I would have thought I'd have hit the problem by now.... I would send your questions to the pre-sales contact address to get the definitive answer... On Tuesday, 7 May 2013 09:25:20 UTC+2, John K wrote: I am considering purchasing MLO...but I have a serious concern. I reformat my computer regularly. This would mean I would need to reinstall the software periodically. If activation prevents me from doing this, I simply won't be able to purchase. -How does activation work?... -Can I install on more than one machine? (I use at least 3 different computers...desktop, laptop, work) -Will my activation expire if I reinstall? (i.e. "you've activated your software too many times") -Will my activation expire after a certain amount of time? (I saw the discussion on this from a few years ago, suggesting a 5 month constant renewal cycle <http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/601d499 991873f33/dd8e8e2585a2664e> ...this sort of thing would be another deal-breaker for me) -What if I need to install on a machine with no Internet access? I'm simply afraid of setting everything up putting data in, and relying on the software...and then not being able to use it or get my data out at some point. Thanks for any help you can provide. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. 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