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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: thereadog on March 02, 2018, 07:20:22 pm

Title: Upgrading to new computer
Post by: thereadog on March 02, 2018, 07:20:22 pm

Hi all

Sorry if this is posted elsewhere 1000 times.  I am confused on what to do.

I just purchased a new computer and want to transfer all of my FSX over.  I have FSDT addons as well as the QW757 and a few others.  I have read about using the addon manager to deactivate and then reactivate, but when I run it, everything just updates and I am not given a deactivation option.  Am I doing something wrong?  Is there an easy/better way to do this so that I can get up and running on the new machine?  Thanks

Title: Re: Upgrading to new computer
Post by: virtuali on March 03, 2018, 01:08:58 pm

You must use the "Deactivate" button in the Addon Manager menu INSIDE THE SIM, on the old PC, when everything is still activated, before disposing it/giving it away/reformatting.

Not that you HAVE to do this. The only reason to Deactivate, is to not consume an activation when reinstalling on the new hardware, but you have 6 of them so, if you cannot Deactivate for some reasons, for example because the old hardware broke down, or you reformatted before deactivating, it's not really a problem: you still have several activations left.