Trying to activate 2017
Upgrade successful but asking for new 2017 serial number to activate the 2017 version
Upgrade system autofilled old 2016 serial number in and will not let me delete/change to my new 2017 serial number
help!


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Activation Problem -
Acronis 17 to be loaded; 2016 installed. I just let 17 install itself, figuring that since was an upgrade, it knew what to do with the installed 2016. Apparently not! Although it installed, I soon realized that there were bits and pieces of 2016 still loaded and trying to combine with 2017.
The next step was to try to erase BOTH 2016 and 2017 and all of it's pieces. I used MS uninstall and a registry cleaner; then I reinstalled 2017. When it comes to the enter password screen, the text box for the entry is greyed out and will not accept input from mouse, clipboard, etc. The screen tells me that 2017 is off line also.
Can anyone please explain what I did wrong?
Thanks,
Barry
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Activation Problem -
Acronis 17 to be loaded; 2016 installed. I just let 17 install itself, figuring that since was an upgrade, it knew what to do with the installed 2016. Apparently not! Although it installed, I soon realized that there were bits and pieces of 2016 still loaded and trying to combine with 2017.
The next step was to try to erase BOTH 2016 and 2017 and all of it's pieces. I used MS uninstall and a registry cleaner; then I reinstalled 2017. When it comes to the enter password screen, the text box for the entry is greyed out and will not accept input from mouse, clipboard, etc. The screen tells me that 2017 is off line also.
Can anyone please explain what I did wrong?
Thanks,
Barry
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Download and run the cleanup tool Acronis True Image 2016: Cleanup Utility | Knowledge Base
Reboot and then reinstall 2017.
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Ocala, thanks for feeding back, glad it worked for you.
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hello,
iregistering Acronis products is doneso am trying to upgrade Acronis from trail version and keep asking , please enter your old serial number, .
thank you
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registering Acronis products is done, so i am trying to upgrade trail version and keep asking , please enter your old serial number,
Thank you
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Khalid, welcome to these user forums.
If you have purchased a valid copy of ATIH 2017 and have the serial number for this, then I would recommend uninstalling the Trial version using the Control Panel, then download & running the Acronis Cleanup Tool from the link in my signature below - this will remove all further traces of Acronis software and allow you to do a clean install of the full product. You will need to restart the computer after using the cleanup tool.
If you still have a problem after trying the above actions, then you will need to contact Acronis Support direct as we cannot help further with serial number or activation issues from these user forums.
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Dear Steve Smith,
thank you so much for your kindly response, i follow up your instructions and seem to be the same problems,
Thank you .
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Khalid, sorry but you will need to contact Acronis Support direct as we cannot help further with serial number or activation issues from these user forums.
See article: 18623: How to get Technical Support: Tips, Tricks and Useful Information as posted above.
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Hello Khalid,
I've checked the list of registered licenses under your account, apperently you have only an Upgrade license key Acronis True Image 2017 for 1 computer Upgrade. This key can be used only together with a Standard license key of an older product version (e.g. to upgrade from Acronis True Image 2014 or Acronis True Image 2015). If you do not have a basis key, you'll need to request a refund for Acronis True Image 2017 for 1 computer Upgrade and purchase a full license key. Please contact our support team for further assistance.
Thank you,
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I have successfully updated to Acronis True Image 2017 on 1 computer, but not on the second computer. I have a 3 computer licence. On the second computer it asks for the serial numbers for the update and for the previous version. It accepts the 64 character serial number for the update, but does not accept the64 character serial number for the previous version.
During the installation process I was asked to delete the older version from the computer. This was done.
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Noel, if you have an Upgrade license for ATIH 2017 then this will always require two serial numbers, one for 2017 and one for a qualifying previous version.
If you have both versions of ATIH shown in your Acronis Account online, then try signing in on the Account page of the ATIH 2017 GUI (icon in shape of a head / shoulders) and see if that method will allow the product to be activated? If not, then you will need to open a support case with Acronis to resolve this issue as we are also just users here.
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