Acrobat Pro 11 activation

Question: Outside of the application telling you it needs to be activated, is there another way to verify the product is activated? A reg key, file that you can check.
thanks.

Hi Ryan,
The We regret to hear that you are .key is encrypted for security reasons else it will be very east to tamper the activation status of the software.
The activation details are usually stored in the cache.db file in the location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache and the Adobe PCD Folder.
Regards,
Rave

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The subscription is linked to your Adobe ID and there's no difference between the trial version installer and the full version except for the fact that the trial version is good for 30 days of usage.
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Hi,
j'ai vu que qqn prétendait avoir résolu l'activation or c'est faux : il ya des cas particuliers :
Ca ne fonctionne pas : j'ai installé mais je ne peux pas activer . Il ne reconnait pas mon numero de serie . Alors peut etre que ce que j'ai telechargé n'est pas le bon produit
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De toute façon , ce n'est pas simple du tout dès le début :
1- on a une adresse mail ID Adobe , oui, mais pas de mot de passe
2- j'ai reinitialisé le mot de passe pour en avoir un
3- sur LWS j'ai saisi tout ce qui était demandé dans telechargement
4- j'ai installé le produit
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8- or il n'ya aucun lien activer ou desactiver dans le menu aide : il ya juste "completer le profil d'adobe Id"
9- quand je vais sur le compte, cf les captures que je vous ai envoyées en pj,, j'ai essaye "d'enregistrer de nouveaux produits" vu qu'aucun n'était enregistré: J'ai écris le numero de serie avec les tirets et sans les tirets sans succes : pretend qu'il est invalide (cf capturebug)
Voilà mes manips , qu'ai-je fait de travers pour ne pas pouvoir activer ? je ne veux pas être bloquée dans 7 jours
Merci de bien vouloir m'aider

Hi Sara,
In fact, my acrobat pro XI is an educational one so we don't have to register or activate it
tha't why it doesn't appear in the help menu and on the site. It's a pity that adobe doesn't explain it anywhere in the beginning to avoid long time to search for nothing
If anyone has the same problem don't worry it's normal : install ok - no register and no activate for "licences en volume"
Thank you for your help
have a good day

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