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BioShock_Revoke_Tool_User_Instructions.pdf 9-Oct-07



BioShock Revocation Tool
User Instructions

Version 1.00
09 October 2007
1. Contents

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2. IMPORTANT NOTE............................................................................................................................. 1
3. Introduction....................

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V1.00 BioShock_Revoke_Tool_User_Instructions.pdf 9-Oct-07 4. Using the BioShock Revoke Tool The BioShock Revoke Tool will de-activate the current license on the computer that you run it on and will contact the activation server to free up the activation, for future use. Please read the following section carefully on how to prepare for and run the BioShock Revoke Tool. 4.1 Before running the tool. To run the tool, please make sure that you have a live internet connection a

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V1.00 BioShock_Revoke_Tool_User_Instructions.pdf 9-Oct-07 4. Click the "Revoke Activation Online" button, see above The Revoke tool will then attempt to contact the activation server and free up your license. When it succeeds, you will be presented with a progress bar followed by a confirmation that the license was removed, click OK and then Exit to close the tool. At this point, BioShock has been deactivated on your computer and freed up the activation on the activatio

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V1.00 BioShock_Revoke_Tool_User_Instructions.pdf 9-Oct-07 5.3 Planned Improvements Both the issues above are being investigated and an update will be provided when our activation partner is able to resolve them, or provide a workaround. Alternatively, activations can be increased on individual activation keys on request, see Exceptional Cases - Requests for Additional Activations 6. Error Messages There are conditions under which the revocation tool may produce an error, these

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V1.00 BioShock_Revoke_Tool_User_Instructions.pdf 9-Oct-07 If you are using Windows Vista and want to revoke the license from a Standard level Limited User Account, you should temporarily disable the User Access Control (UAC), otherwise the revocation tool will request elevation to administrator and may not detect the correct license to revoke. You will need to re-activate BioShock logged in as the Administration user before revoking the license from the Standard user account. 6

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V1.00 BioShock_Revoke_Tool_User_Instructions.pdf 9-Oct-07 8.1 Installations on five different computers/hardware configurations You can install and activate BioShock on 5 different computers (hardware configurations) before this activation limit is reached. For example, you may wish to install the game on your desktop computer as well as your laptop, which would count as two hardware configurations and therefore use up two activations. Another case where you may be asked to re-

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V1.00 BioShock_Revoke_Tool_User_Instructions.pdf 9-Oct-07 Q: I installed BioShock on a machine which I no longer use or someone else installed a copy of my game on their machine. Can I revoke the activation from that machine without having access to it? A: No, you can only revoke an activation by running the revoke tool on the machine that it was activated on. Q: What will cause me to have to re-activate BioShock? A: There are a number of circumstances under which BioShock will requ