This installation ID is used to create an unique Product Certificate which you use to activate your license of Alchemy CATALYST on your computer an unlimited number of times.
The customer service representative will ask you to read the installation ID over the telephone. In that message, the installation ID is displayed to you. If an online connection cannot be established, you are prompted to contact a customer service representative by telephone. If you activate via an Internet connection, the installation ID is sent automatically using your default mail application. Whether you choose to activate by using an Internet connection or by speaking with an Alchemy customer service representative, the installation ID is the only piece of information required to activate Alchemy CATALYST. If you are upgrading your license from a previously installed Alchemy CATALYST license, the hardware identifier is used together with your Dongle ID to create a unique installation ID. At no time are files on the hard drive scanned, nor is personally-identifiable information of any kind used to create the hardware identifier. We have worked to make it as easy as possible to activate a licensed installation of Alchemy CATALYST.įrequently asked questions about Product Installation and Product Activationįor purposes of product activation only, a unique hardware identifier is created from general information that is included in your operating system components.
Alchemy Software Development developed Product Activation for Alchemy CATALYST to help ensure that each Alchemy CATALYST license is installed in compliance with the EULA and is not installed on more than the limited number (usually one) of computers allowed by the product EULA. Casual copying is the sharing and installation of software that is not in compliance with the software's end user license agreement, or EULA, and is estimated to contribute to half of all pirated installations. The goal of product activation is to reduce a form of piracy known as casual copying or "softlifting".
Due to piracy and other forms of unauthorized use, users cannot always be sure that they have a genuine copy of Alchemy CATALYST.