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:
- To use another computer with Internet access to the SDL Account website
- To get an activation code
Procedure
- Display the Product Activation dialog:
- For SDL Trados Studio & SDL Passolo, go to .
- For SDL Trados GroupShare, go to
- Copy the installation ID:
- Get an activation certificate:
- Log onto the SDL Account website.
- Select the Licenses link.
- Select the Can't activate online? - Get an Offline Activation Certificate link next to the product key you want to activate.
- 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.
- Copy the activation certificate.
- Activate your product: