Hi Barb, Don't worry. You are safe asking this question here. First, you are allowed to install and additional copy of DBT on your personal laptop on the basis that you are only using one machine at a time. I suspect what has happened on the 98 system is that when you went to Activate, it asked if you understood the need to de-activate. This may seem a funny way to do things, but it is intended to draw people's attention to the fact that you ideally should de-activate if you wish to move it from one system to another. So just check the "Understand the need to de-activate" box, and continue. George. ________________________________ From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Mandelbaum Sent: 03 May 2005 02:38 To: duxuser Subject: [duxuser] program used on laptop and desktop computers I have a desktop computer and just got a laptop donated for when I travel. I have a license and have 10.5 on my desktop computer. Now I want to also have the program on my laptop. I don't understand the deactivate information. I want to use the program on both my computers. To further complicate things. The donated laptop is windows 98 and I have xp on the desktop computer. I tried to load the program on the laptop but it would only let me load 10.3. I then downloaded the 10.5 from the web with my license number but then it said something about deactivating and I got lost in what to do. This may not be an issue for this forum but perhaps others have this problem too. Barb This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield.