License Deactivation Assistant provides the ability to deactivate the license on the local computer and to notify the vendor about Deactivation results. When using an off-line deactivation method with the License Deactivation Wizard the user is presented with the set of activation and deactivation keys. Both of these keys need to be provided back to the developer/publisher in order to complete the deactivation process. The following information must be provided - Product; Activation Key; Deactivation Key; License Number. For example:
Product: Demo Calculator
Activation Key: 8AXNK-ELHVE-863J9-U3HYT-F5XT9
Deactivation Key: 87LGV-EARKU-GWQBU-CYTAH-KUGRX
License Number: 1234
When the developer/publisher receives these key pairs he/she can validate deactivation of the user's protected application via Protection! Control Center. To validate a deactivation key the developer/publisher should select Products screen and choose the "Edit | Validate Deactivation Key" menu item.
This would launch the Validate Deactivation Key dialog. The developer/publisher could either paste received information from the user by clicking the "Paste" button or can type received information manually and chose for which product deactivation key was received by choosing the appropriate product from the Product dropdown box.
When the deactivation key is verified by the Protection! Control Center the Deactivation Status would change from "N/A" to "Completed". When the deactivation status is set to "Completed" this is an indication to the developer/publisher that the user has successfully deactivated the protected application on his/her computer system.
If deactivation status is set to "FAILED" it means that deactivation has failed on the user computer. The reason for "FAILED" deactivation status can be either missing or a read-only Secret Storages.
When using online deactivation mode all of the above is performed automatically via Protection! Backend.