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is for questions dealing with the technologies for the activation of software.

Activation is a process that is required by software that uses it to allow the program to work or at least work with full functionality. It is usually done through and online process, though some software will allow you to do it manually.

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Reset Windows Activation/Remove license key

I'm having a hard time finding and answer to this. If I had to hypotheitcally remove the Windows license key from a VM that's been specifically setup for a partner, and it needs to be removed before the VM is handed over, how would I go about doing…
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COM+ object activation in a different partition

I had created a COM+ domain partition then mapped it to a Windows 2008 server machine and imported a COM+ application into it. I tried using the following C# code to activate an object from that specific partition on the server remotely: //partition…
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What is JAF? What is its purpose?

I am unable to understand the purpose of JAF (Java Activation Framework). Please explain it to me in simple terms, or point me towards information. The Java Mail API is using JAF. It looks like the JAF is used to find the supporting data types of an…
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Can't activate Visio 2013 MSDN

I have an MSDN subscription and I've installed Visio 2013. I am not able to activate the product and it has reduced to a read-only state. Any attempts to activate or "Switch Account" are met with "Sorry, we are having some temporary server issues."…
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Activation of maven profile based on multiple properties

I am creating a maven 2 build for a project and I came up with profiles since the build has to be created for both different locations (say Berlin, Paris, North Pole) and different environment (Development, Production). Those are specified via…
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Maven - activate child profile based on property

Scenario: Given Parent POM which defines a profile and a child (as module) Child project(s) that will be using the profile by referring to the parent POM. The intent is to skip profile execution in the parent and execute it in the child…
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Python is in a Conda environment, but it has not been activated in a Windows virtual environment

I created a Windows (10) Python virtual environment (env3.7.3). When I open a cmd window activated in the virtual environment, I get the following warning message when starting Python in the virtual environment: (env3.7.3)…
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Should an API service send the user activation email or the client application?

I'm trying to develop a REST API web service. I have a question about how to handle user activation email. Currently, the API service handles email sending. Here is the flow I have at the moment: User registers via the client application Client…
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Why can't I activate a Maven2 profile from another profile?

I have a multimodule Maven2 project which builds a web application. The application is connected to a backend server and a DB. There are several server instances deployed in our environment, and there are also multiple backend and DB instances for…
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How to display notice in admin panel on Plugin Activation?

I am trying to display a notice in admin panel when I activate my test plugin. How can I display that? What's that method?
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Best practices for email confirmation codes

I'm creating a PHP website which involves users signing up, and I'm wondering about best practices for "email confirmation" codes. New users must confirm their email addresses - I do this by generating a code and sending it to the user in an email,…
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Plugin Update Hook

My plugin needs to fire an init/build/checker function when the plugin is updated via auto updates in the WP dashboard. Is there a WordPress hook that is fired after a plugin has been updated from the wordpress.org repository? I'm not looking for…
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Maven: Only activate profile A if profile B is not activated?

I have two Maven profiles profile-A and profile-B. "B" should only be activated if "A" is not activated. So if I would call mvn install profile-B is executed (but not profile-A). But if I would call mvn install -Pprofile-A then only profile-A is…
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Automatically setting a menu on location 'primary menu' on theme activation

Currently I'm making this menu: (Functions.php) $menuname = 'Top Menu'; $menu_exists = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $menuname ); if( !$menu_exists){ $menu_id = wp_create_nav_menu($menuname); wp_update_nav_menu_item($menu_id, 0, array( …
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COM+ activation on a remote server with partitions in C#

I want to access partitioned COM+ applications on a remote server. I have tried this: using COMAdmin using System.Runtime.InteropServices; _serverName = myRemoteServer; _partionName = myPartionName; _message = myMessage; ICOMAdminCatalog2 catalog…
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