SCO OpenServer Handbook
Chapter 6, Licensing and registering SCO products

Registering products

Registering products

Most of SCO's commercial products require registration after installation. Registration is your confirmation to SCO that you have installed and licensed an SCO product. You can perform registration interactively at http://www.sco.com/register.

Some products (such as the Free* SCO products) do not need to be registered.

Once you have installed and licensed your SCO products, register them as soon as possible to deactivate the frequent reminder messages your system software generates. To do so:

  1. Complete the SCO Product Registration Form in the SCO Software Registration booklet provided with your software. You can register up to six SCO products with each form. We encourage you to register all your products at one time.

    Remember to:

    a.
    Copy the unique SCO System ID assigned to your system from the bottom of the License Manager window onto the SCO Product Registration Form.

    b.
    Transfer the License Number label from the Certificate of License and Authenticity (also known as a ``COLA'') to the SCO Product Registration Form for each product that you are registering. If you do not have the label, write the License Number printed on the Certificate in one of the six numbered boxes on the SCO Product Registration Form.

    c.
    Complete the information about your organization and your software supplier.
    

  2. Obtain your Registration Key in one of the following ways: 

    Use the following numbers to contact an SCO Registration Center.

    From the Americas, Caribbean, and Pacific Rim:
    Fax: (317) 364-0649
    Telephone: (317) 364-0804 (between 8:00am and 8:00pm EST)

    From Europe, the Middle East, and Africa:
    Fax: +44 (0) 1506 460605
    Telephone: +44 (0) 1506 401555 (between 8:30am and 5:30pm GMT)

    See the Directory of Registration Centers in the SCO Software Registration booklet provided with your software for a detailed list of fax and phone numbers. Toll-free numbers are available from most countries.


    NOTE: Not all SCO products require a Registration Key. However, we still recommend that you register them to receive important information about your SCO products. (There is no procedure for registering Free* SCO products. Your registration information was collected when you obtained your license at the SCO website.)

  3. In the License Manager:

    a.
    Select the product you wish to register from the list of installed products.

    b.
    Select Register Product from the Register menu.

    c.
    Enter the Registration Key at the prompt, then click on Register.
Once all the SCO products on a system have been registered, registration reminder messages will no longer appear.


NOTE: Your software generates a new SCO System ID each time you do a low-level format of the disk. If you do a low-level reformat, you must contact an SCO Registration Center to obtain a new Registration Key and repeat the registration process.

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Footnotes

*
``Free'' means that there is no charge to license the software for personal and non-commercial use. The media kit has a nominal fee, and any number of users can share it. Each installation requires a unique license.

*
``Free'' means that there is no charge to license the software for personal and non-commercial use. The media kit has a nominal fee, and any number of users can share it. Each installation requires a unique license.