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Acronis Universal Restore - Licensed Programs Functional?

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I purchased Acronis True Image 2020 and downloaded Universal Restore to move my existing OS and all licensed programs to a new computer. My question is; will all of the purchased licensed programs, such as Bitdefender, Roboform, SnagIt, etc, be fully functional? In other words, are there caveats?

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Sir_George, assuming that any hardware differences between your old and new computers are overcome, then the main other issues will be those of activation.

Windows itself is activated based on the hardware signature of the computer where installed so normally needs that you either have a full retail version to allow moving the OS to different hardware, or else are moving the same edition of Windows 10 to a computer already activated for that same edition (as shipped?).

Other applications will have their own activation requirements and limitations, so you would need to check with the vendor on moving their software.

With Windows 10 - the ability to move to new hardware is much better so that AUR is not normally required for a migration from one Win 10 PC to another one.