Locked out of my Parallels account due to "Your product activation key reached its activation limit"

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  1. AlexW10

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    I moved my system, on an external drive, to a new Mac.

    I was surprised to find that parallels stopped working.

    "Your product activation key reached its activation limit."

    There is evidently no way to solve this in an automated fashion. I am hoping to use the software that I purchased.

    I cannot deactivate parallels on the old computer, because the system is now on a new computer.

    I did not anticipate having to go through all of my software and deactivate licenses before moving the hard drive to the new computer.
     
  2. @AlexW10, I've reset your Parallels Desktop 10 license key, please try to activate it again and let us know how it works.
     
  3. AlexW10

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    Hi,

    I have unfortunately gotten the exact same error: "Your product activation key reached its activation limit." This is for my copy of "Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac."

    It does not appear that the license reset worked. I have attached an image of what I am seeing here, with the activation key blacked out.

    I do not appear to have any way to deactivate my copy on other computers, and am still locked out.

    I am considering also upgrading to the newest version of Parallels, but I would need to have my current copy work properly first.

    I find it very frustrating that there is no automated way to reset the license of this software, although I understand that customer service is an expensive recurring cost.
     

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  4. AlexW10

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    Interestingly, I was able to solve my issue with the command "prlsrvctl activate-license-online" . I'm not really sure why that terminal command fixed it, but it did.
     
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