Reinstall Parallels 8 for MAC!

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DabinY

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Hi there,
I got a error message saying" You have reached the maximum number of activations available for your activation key (http://www.parallels.com/eula). Please purchase a new product license." I bought Parallels for Mac at the end of 2013 and only used it on my macbook pro. My Mac crashed last week so I reinstalled my system and when doing Parallels, I got this message. Does it mean I have to purchase it once again???? Looking forward to a reply, Thanks!
Andy
 
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Hello, I am having the same problem as well. When I originally bought Parallels 8 I had it on installed on my MacBook, but since that time I have bought a iMac and did the Migration Assistant to transfer over. A little further on I purchased the Parallels 9 upgrade and installed over both Parallels 8 installs on both the MacBook and iMac. But as I continued using both computers I ran into problems as programs thinking my new iMac was still my MacBook, so I decided a format on both was in order to "Separate" and make each computer unique to avoid any (future) conflicts with other programs overall. But now in trying to reinstall Parallels 9 it is giving the "You have reached the maximum number of activations available for your activation key". If I need to just choose 1 computer that is fine but I need to be able to get to that point. What do I need to do that will be helpful as everything I have found is designed to give the run around.
 
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GRPyles said:
Hello, I am having the same problem as well. When I originally bought Parallels 8 I had it on installed on my MacBook, but since that time I have bought a iMac and did the Migration Assistant to transfer over. A little further on I purchased the Parallels 9 upgrade and installed over both Parallels 8 installs on both the MacBook and iMac. But as I continued using both computers I ran into problems as programs thinking my new iMac was still my MacBook, so I decided a format on both was in order to "Separate" and make each computer unique to avoid any (future) conflicts with other programs overall. But now in trying to reinstall Parallels 9 it is giving the "You have reached the maximum number of activations available for your activation key". If I need to just choose 1 computer that is fine but I need to be able to get to that point. What do I need to do that will be helpful as everything I have found is designed to give the run around.
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Hello GRPyles,

Please check your private message.
 
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I'm also having an issue installing Parallels 9 on my new iMac. I don't have access to the computer I previously owned, is there a way to deactivate computers online?
 
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I am about to get a new MacBook, and was wondering if I could use my current product key again on the new Mac. If I am able to, how can I do this? I am asking because I have many friends who have had multiple Macs in the past, and have had to buy parallels multiple times. Thanks in advance!
 
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Same here. I've gone through a few replacement Mac's over the last month or so (long story) and after restoring from a Timemachine backup Parallels 10 isn't accepting my serial anymore. Can anyone help?
 
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Aanan Kashyap said:
I am about to get a new MacBook, and was wondering if I could use my current product key again on the new Mac. If I am able to, how can I do this? I am asking because I have many friends who have had multiple Macs in the past, and have had to buy parallels multiple times. Thanks in advance!
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Hi Aanan,

You can install in your new Mac, but please make sure you have uninstall Parallels Desktop completely from your old Mac before installing in the new one.
 
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