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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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Where should I store my application's "activation" key?

I've written an application and I'd like to add a registration key/serial number to it (I'm big on minimum inconvinience - ala #4 at this Eric Sink article). My question is about where to store the "activation" once the application has been…
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Product activation with public key certificate

I need some ideas how to create a activation algorithm. For example i have demo certificate. Providing that the application runs in demo mode. When full version certificate is provided then application runs in full mode. Is it even possible and how…
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Programmatically check whether Windows 7 is activated

Background: I am creating system images that will be loaded onto several workstations. Windows activation will occur after the images are loaded onto the workstation. These computers will not be connected to the Internet and will be activated over…
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Reading a specific line in a text file to a variable in a batch file

In one of my batch files I'm attempting to write, I need to read the last line in a 5 line text file into a variable. One way I thought of doing this might be to have each line that is put into the text file overwrite the previous (as the files…
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Backpropogation activation derivative

I've implemented backpropagation as explained in this video. https://class.coursera.org/ml-005/lecture/51 This seems to have worked successfully, passing gradient checking and allowing me to train on MNIST digits. However, I've noticed most other…
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validation link via email

When a user subscribes to my newsletter via their email address, using php, how would I send them an 'Activation Link' via email to confirm it is their email address and not a fake one. so at the moment I have PHP:
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Why is email activation useful?

I just want to ask you why is email activation useful. I mean when you register on a website, many ask you to activate your account by email. Is this for preventing spam, or just for websites to be sure you entered a real email address, to send you…
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Application Licensing and Activation Thoughts

I have recently developed an app that I plan to sell to small businesses. I do not have a huge backing of cash so I am unwilling to purchase a commerical application that would protect my software against theft. My current plan is the following: I…
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Is there a "standard" way to implement Software Activation for .NET?

I've been looking at software activation systems for .NET and frankly found the websites out there underwhelming. I'm wondering if there's a "standard" way to do it in .NET? If not, does anyone with experience of them have a recommendation? I…
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How can I activate the Firefox debugger?

While debugging a JavaScript program I was writing with Firebug, the Script panel stopped working and I got the following message: I went through all menus and sub-menus I could find but didn't see a option to re-enable this feature. The…
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Activating a profile when files exists using wildcards

I activate in a parent pom.xml Spring support using src/main/resources/*beans.xml This works fine. When I try to activate the CucumberJVM stuff in a profile using…
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How do I 'navigate' to an activity that's already running?

Newbie question... So I have two activities, Cherry and Apple, and each one has a button on it to go to the other one. So back and forth. In class "Cherry" I say this: intent = new Intent(Cherry.this, Apple.class) startActivity(intent); Meaning…
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Generate activation urls in Java EE 6

I'm developing a web application using Java EE 6 Web Profile. I want to e-mail a new user an activation link for his account. How should I implement this? I'm using JSF2. Is there any specification or recommended way for doing this?
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Why should we make account activation/password reset links expire after some time?

Would there be any big issues if they never expire? Somebody forgot his password and requests to reset his password, an email with the password reset link is sent to him. He then suddenly remembers his password and so he simply ignores the password…
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Ethernet MAC address as activation code for an appliance?

Let's suppose you deploy a network-attached appliances (small form factor PCs) in the field. You want to allow these to call home after being powered on, then be identified and activated by end users. Our current plan involves the user entering the…
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