{"id":1664,"date":"2018-06-19T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/docs\/collections-max-update-utility\/installation-and-activation"},"modified":"2018-06-26T15:01:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T19:01:43","slug":"installation-and-activation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/docs\/collections-max-update-utility\/installation-and-activation","title":{"rendered":"Installation and Activation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To install the Update Utility make sure to download the exe file from the download location provided to you from the email you received when you purchased the software.<\/p>\n<p>The exe file name will be something like: Setup_UpdateUtility_V4.0.1.exe<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Double click on the icon.\u00a0 It looks like the following.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"73\" height=\"98\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 You will see the following screen.\u00a0 Just click on the Click to Install button as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate2.png 506w, https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate2-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 You will see the following screen if you never installed the Update Utility on the computer before.\u00a0 Click the Yes, I do button if you agree with the license.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate3.png 508w, https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 After everything installs just click the Thanks! button as shown below to close out the installer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate4.png 510w, https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate4-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Activation<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\"><strong>You should allow the program through the Windows Firewall before you activate it.\u00a0 For general instructions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/docs\/installation\/open-firewall-ports\">please see this link<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>The link will show you how to allow Collections MAX Professional through the firewall but it is generally the same idea for the Update Utility except for the file name (UpdateUtility.exe)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"p\">The first time you run the program after installation you will see an activation box like the box below.\u00a0 Simply paste the activation key (or sometimes called the license code)\u00a0 into the activation key white box (you can also copy the activation key and click on the Paste Activation Key button as well) and then enter your collectionsmaxlicenses.com account email and password and then click the Activate button.<\/div>\n<div class=\"p\">If you don&#8217;t have a collectionsmaxlicenses.com account simply click the Create Account button to create one.<\/div>\n<div class=\"p\">After activation simply double click on the program again to finalize it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate5.png 399w, https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate5-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/activate5-300x412.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1659,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1664\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1659"}],"next":[{"title":"Logging In","link":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/docs\/collections-max-update-utility\/logging-in","href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1696"}],"prev":[{"title":"System Requirements","link":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/docs\/collections-max-update-utility\/system-requirements","href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}