
When the activation error message it is important that you take note of the error message or take a screenshot. However sometimes you will receive an error message. In most cases this goes fine without a hitch.

To ensure that no one is misusing your license.The Activation Manager registers the computer for two reasons: Your computer communicates with the SOLIDWORKS Activation manager when activating and deactivating the SOLIDWORKS license.

I will in a later blog post cover the activation and license errors when using SolidNetwork License (SNL) What is standalone activation I will briefly try to go through the four most common activation error messages when using a standalone license. This is the first blog post regarding the SOLIDWORKS activation error message.
