I authorized my license with the software's authorizer and now I can't activate on a different computer. What do I do?

If you authorized your software with the software's authorizer, you may have done this without creating an iLok account. This is perfectly normal, but you'll need to "Take Ownership" of the license to apply it to an iLok account before you can transfer the license to use on multiple computers. To do this:


  1. Go to your computer where the software is authorized, and open the iLok License Manager. Log into your iLok account (if you have one) or create an iLok account as described here.


  2. On the left side of the License Manager, select your computer's hard drive where your license will inevitably be stored.


  3. Find and right-click on your license in the main window. Select Take Ownership from the list.


  4. iLok will ask to confirm the request. Click OK



You will now be free to deactivate and transfer the license. 

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