"Your Product Activation Key Reached Its Activation Limit..."

Gamesurgeon

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Hello,

I am facing an issue activating Parallels 9 on a newly purchased Macbook Air. I'm a software engineer, and I change computers every few months depending on the job at task. I've never been able to "deactivate" my parallels activation on any of these previous computers since there is no option to do so; however, I re-format these computers before selling them (if they're mine), or the company to which the laptop belongs does so (note: I uninstall my programs on these computers before handing them back). This way, my software licenses are used only by me.

Long story short: I switch computers a lot because my job requires it, and now Parallels is yelling at me because I activated my license too many times. I have yet another new computer for work, and I cannot activate Parallels on this machine.

I've been using Parallels for a number of years, and buying another license is not an option. I will undoubtedly continue to have to switch computers at least once a year. If that means contacting customer support once a year, I'm fine with that. However, I can't find a phone number or email address to contact, so any help from a representative would be much appreciated...

I cannot request a trial license either, since it keeps showing an exclamation mark next to my email address. I'm effectively unable to use the software I paid for.

Thanks,
 
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Well guys, if you thought working for a company that has purchased multiple parallels licenses would get you adequate support just look at my experience, it doesn't.

YONG2 gets a new Mac and posts that he can't activate parallels and gets a response after waiting a day, I post the same request 2 HOURS after him and it has now been over 2 days..... still nothing.

Apparently reseting his license key left them far too exhausted to reset another one, or they reached their goal of providing support to one person for the week.

It's becoming clear why they failed to provide an update to Parallels 10 providing the ability to inactivate your own key, and why they have 40 pages regarding this one issue on this thread alone.

Who doesn't love getting new hardware, only to have to wait days to be able to use the software you already own?
 
Hello I am trying to activate my Parallels on a new computer I have bought and am not able to because the activation windows states that I have reached my limit on activations. I am no longer using the Parallels on the iMac it was originally installed. I need to activate it on this computer. Can to license be reset so I can activate it on this computer? Thanks for responding. DHS
 
the activation windows states that I have reached my limit on activations.
Hello @DHS. Please quit Parallels Desktop now. Then, open Terminal (Finder > Go > Utilities > Terminal.app). Inside the Terminal window, enter the command 'prlsrvctl activate-license-online' (without the quotes) and hit 'Return'. Wait till the operation completes. Then, close Terminal and re-attempt the activation.
 
Hi, I'm having the same issue, want to move Parallels Desktop 10 from my MacBook Pro to new iMac but getting "Unable to confirm the product license - You have reached the number of activations available.."

What do I need to do to transfer the license?
 
Hi, I'm having the same issue, want to move Parallels Desktop 10 from my MacBook Pro to new iMac but getting "Unable to confirm the product license - You have reached the number of activations available.."

What do I need to do to transfer the license?
Hi @Justin_Dolezy, we have made few changes in the key settings. Please reactivate with the same license key and If the issue persists, please open Terminal end execute this command: prlsrvctl activate-license-online and let us know how it works. Thanks!
 
Hello, I've the same issue. Activation does not work - even the terminal solution doesn't work.

Want to move Parallels Desktop 11 from to a new mac, but getting "Unable to confirm the product license - You have reached the number of activations available.."

Can you please help me - its very urgent.
 
Hello, I've the same issue. Activation does not work - even the terminal solution doesn't work.

Want to move Parallels Desktop 11 from to a new mac, but getting "Unable to confirm the product license - You have reached the number of activations available.."

Can you please help me - its very urgent.
Hi @BernhardR1, we have made few changes in the key settings, please reactivate with the same license key and keep us posted the results. Thanks!
 
I have the same issue. I have uninstalled Parallels 10 on my older Mac and installed on new MacBook Pro. When trying to activate on new Mac I get "Unable to confirm the product license - You have reached the number of activations available.." message. Please advise
 
I am also trying to move Parallels 10 to a new mac and receive the "Your product activation key reached its activation limit..." message. I have tried quitting Parallels and running the "prlsrvctl activate-license-online" command, but that also results in a "You have reached the maximum number of activations..." message.

Please reset my license so I can complete activation.
Hi Parallels Support - I have the same problems also. Kindly advise how I can resolve this issue urgently - many thanks.
 
I have the same issue. I have uninstalled Parallels 10 on my older Mac and installed on new MacBook Pro. When trying to activate on new Mac I get "Unable to confirm the product license - You have reached the number of activations available.." message. Please advise
We have made changes to the activation key. Please follow the instructions below:
1. Quit Parallels Desktop, then try to activate after launching it again.
2. If you are still unable to activate, Open Terminal on the Mac and execute this command: prlsrvctl activate-license-online
 
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