Activation is a process that verifies you have a legal installation of your AccountEdge software. You can activate your company file online or over the phone via an automated service.

After creating a company file, you can use it for 30 days in trial mode, after which you must activate the file if you want to continue entering transactions into it.

If you don’t activate the file within 30 days, it will become read-only, which means you can open, view, print and export information, but you will not be able to enter new information into the file until you activate it.

After activating a file, you must confirm the company file once or twice a year, that is, extend its activation throughout its working life. For more information, see Confirming activated company files.

You can initially activate one company files. If you need to create more than one company file (for example, yours is a bookkeeping business looking after many clients), you can obtain licence extensions to activate as many additional company files as required. Contact Customer Service if you need a licence extension.

[AccountEdge Network Edition only] When you purchase your AccountEdge software, the licence allows three users to access each company file you create and activate (up to the number you have purchased. See Activation limits above). If you extend your licence to support additional users, you must activate your company file for these additional licences. Additional licenses can be purchased at any time. See also Managing user accounts.