
3.1. STEP 1: ENTERING YOUR SERIAL NUMBER 14
3.1 Step 1: Entering Your Serial Number
As an owner of Live, you have received a Serial Number from Ableton, either via e-mail (if
you ordered Live directly from Ableton), or on a card as part of the Live package.
The Fields for Entering
Your Serial Number.
After selecting Unlock in the Products tab, you will be presented with six elds for typing
in your Serial Number. Each eld holds four characters. The Serial Number is composed of
numbers 0..9 and letters A..F. If you accidentally type the wrong string into a eld, the eld
will turn red. When you have successfully entered the Serial Number, click the Ok button
to proceed.
The Serial Number identies your ownership of Live. Because your Serial Number is a
valuable good, you should keep it in a safe place and out of reach of unauthorized hands.
Please be aware that sharing your Serial Number will render it unusable. The only way for
Ableton technical support to help you get back your Serial Number if you lose it is via your
registration data. Therefore, please register your product
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, as otherwise you might lose
your property!
3.2 Step 2: Unlocking Live
The second step of authorizing Live is called unlocking. Unlocking means associating
your Serial Number with a specic computer. Please be aware that the standard Live license
grants you the right to use Live on only one computer at a time. You can, however, unlock
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http://www.ableton.com/register
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