Activating your product offline with a single-user license

If you are not able to access the Internet from the computer on which you installed the SDL software or if your firewall prevents you from performing online activation, you can modify your proxy settings or use offline activation to license the product.

Before you begin

To activate your product offline, you need:

Procedure

  1. Display the Product Activation dialog:
    • For SDL Trados Studio & SDL Passolo, go to Help > Product Activation.
    • For SDL Trados GroupShare, go to All Programs > SDL > SDL GroupShare [year] > SDL GroupShare [year] Product Activation
  2. Copy the installation ID:
    1. In the Product Activation dialog, select Activate.
      The SDL application cannot connect to the licensing server to confirm your activation code without an Internet connection, so you will use the alternative activation options.
    2. Select the Alternative activation options link.
    3. Select Offline Activation.
    4. Paste the activation code in the corresponding text box. A unique installation ID is generated.
    5. Copy the installation ID.
  3. Get an activation certificate:
    1. Log onto the SDL Account website.
    2. Select the Licenses link.
    3. Select the Can't activate online? - Get an Offline Activation Certificate link next to the product key you want to activate.
    4. Follow the instructions to create an activation certificate for your SDL product using the installation ID that you have obtained in Step 2 above. You will also receive the activation certificate by mail.
    5. Copy the activation certificate.
  4. Activate your product:
    1. In the Product Activation dialog of your SDL product, enter the activation code in its corresponding box if you have not done it already.
    2. Enter your activation certificate in the Activation certificate box.
    3. Select Activate.
      A message is displayed indicating that the activation was successful. Moreover, if you go to your SDL Account, you will see that the license now appears as In Use.