Installation auto fills wrong serial number!
BACKGROUND:
During the installation of ti2016(&i suspect 2017), it may ask for your user id etc...or at least if online. At this point i should say, that when this occured a few days ago, my Acronis account contained 6 unused FULL 2016 edition copies (not yet activated), 4 unused upgrade edition copies (not yet activated), 4 additional 2017 upgrade copies, again yet to be activated...not to mention a large number of ati2008 ...until today, copies that appear in my acct and are activated etc.
To continue, during the 2016 edition installation, as soon as i entered my Acronis acct data, it went online and automatically filled in a serial number! In my case it used a New Full edition serial number, while i wanted to use one of my available upgrade serial numbers. Iy was unclear if the suto serial no. Insertion was only a SUGGESTION?
I did notice, that i was able change the serial number field, but didn't...
i've tried to explain my question to support, but well that seems like a trip to frustration. It seems to me, that either i can just change the suggested number, or just be offline during the installstion, fill in, if an upgrade, that sn, it should ask for tge prior seisl snd when all is done, then go online..i?
I realize my situation is probably unusual...any ideas?


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