Creative cloud- activation and trial downloads with a paid subscription

Question

Hi Community,
i needed to find somewhere to post this question as i feel im hitting a brick wall with the support docs that are widely available.
We have introduced Creative Cloud for Education at my work place. i'm trying to put together some installation docs that can be distributed internally, but i cannot get past how the software is activated from a trial copy through to using the subscription that has been paid for, either prior to the trial expiring or upon expiry. As it seems all apps start in a trial mode (not the best idea, it confuses people as to whether they have a legitimate installation i've found)
That aside, does anyone understand from personal experience how you then progress your trial copy into the 'buy' stage when you have already bought the subscription and it is active?
it all seems a bit pointless and perhaps i am missing something here but i cannot get past it, and no amount of support docs i read even addresses 'how' this happens. the closest doc i have found talks about how to take CS6 copy from trial to full.
come on Adobe, help us out with some real instructions person to person. i'm not looking for links to support docs here (as you may have guessed)
Best wishes,
Hailey

Answer 1

Maybe you've run a trial version of a unknown source.
Possibility that your host file is modified and some IP numbers are blocked.
Adobe can't reach the appropriate registration server(s).
A solution can be:
- Log-out desktop CC
- Clean Up your host file (don't know how, Google is our best friend)
- Restart your computer
- Log on CC desktop
I hope this works for you.