"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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I am also having an issue moving Parallels. I installed v11 yesterday on my laptop but today needed to move it to a different laptop today (sigh I know). I removed it from my old laptop but it's giving me the "Your product license has reached the activation limit" message upon activation as well.
Hi, your key has been reset, please check the issue and let us know the results.
 
Hi,
I am having the same problem that everyone else in this thread is. My Mac recently died and I had to purchase a new one. Upon entering my license in Parallels 10 I received the message that "your product activation key reached it's activation limit and cannot be used to activate Parallels Desktop."

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
PennU
 
Hi,
I am having the same problem that everyone else in this thread is. My Mac recently died and I had to purchase a new one. Upon entering my license in Parallels 10 I received the message that "your product activation key reached it's activation limit and cannot be used to activate Parallels Desktop."

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
PennU
Hi, I've made necessary changes with your key, please check the issue and let us know how it works.
 
Hi, I purchased a Parallels Desktop 11 license and wanted to install it on my iMac 2011. but there is an error message that tell me that a all licenses are already in use and that I have to purchase an additional license. On my MacBook Pro 2012 this error message don't appear and I can use parallels in the usual way.

Can someone please help me?
 
Hi, I purchased a Parallels Desktop 11 license and wanted to install it on my iMac 2011. but there is an error message that tell me that a all licenses are already in use and that I have to purchase an additional license. On my MacBook Pro 2012 this error message don't appear and I can use parallels in the usual way.
Can someone please help me?
Hi, I've found in your account 2 Parallels Desktop 11 licenses and make necessary changes with both keys. Please check the activation issue and let us know how it works.
 
I have purchased a new MacBook Air and I am receiving an error message that I have reached my activation limit, but I signed out of the old MacBook Pro, etc. Please reset my activations
 
I am having an issue with activating my license key on a new MacBook Pro. I have signed out of my previous MacBook and deleted the software there.
Your help is appreciated.
 
Hi, i have an old 10 License I had never used since a couple of years and I'd like to install on an older Mac. Is there a chance to reset this license?

Thanks in advance
Christian
We have reset 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

Note: Parallels Desktop 10 is not compatible with Sierra or newer macOS X versions.
 
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