Activating and deactivating a license

NVivo 14 Windows

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Product activation is a simple and secure process that ensures only valid licenses are used to operate the software.

In this topic

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• Activate a license and set up user preferences from a workstation

• Deactivate a license

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Activate a license and set up user preferences from a workstation

You need to activate your NVivo Windows license—this is a simple and secure process that ensures valid licenses are used to operate the software.

Each instance of NVivo needs to be activated, so if you are installing NVivo in an onsite laboratory or across a network, activation is required from each workstation.introduces keyless activation using a myNVivo account. This can be using an individual license a user has purchased, or an enterprise license. If you are an enterprise administrator, please see the enterprise administrator help for how to invite users to use an enterprise license.

 

To activate using myNVivo:

1. Start NVivo

2. On the Activate NVivo dialog, click Sign in to myNVivo and enter your login details.

• If there are multiple accounts associated with your myNVivo profile, select an account and click Activate.

• If you are eligible to trial NVivo you can activate the trial by clicking Activate Trial.

3. Click OK.

4. On the User Profile dialog box, you are prompted to set up the default NVivo user profile:

• Enter the user's name for their user profile—by default it is set to their Windows user account name.

• Enter the user's initials—these will be used to identify any work that they do in a project.

5. Click OK. 

NOTE  

• Participation in the Customer Experience Improvement Program can help Lumivero to improve the features, quality and performance of NVivo.

• If the user does not have an Internet connection, please contact NVivo support for assistance with an offline activation.

Deactivate a license

You can deactivate the NVivo license on a particular computer. For example, if a user gets a new computer, they should deactivate the NVivo license on the old computer, before installing and activating NVivo on the new computer.

To deactivate NVivo via the Internet:

1. Ensure that you are connected to the Internet.

2. Close any NVivo projects you have open.

3. Click the File tab, Product Info -> Manage License and then Deactivate License.

4. Confirm deactivation, and close NVivo.

The NVivo application automatically closes.