Expression Web 4 activation problem

Chuck Swenson 1 Reputation point
2021-08-20T17:20:27.167+00:00

Hello!

I recently moved everything to a new computer. Today my Expression Web 4 stopped working. It pops up a window saying I have 0 days remaining to activate. When I click "activate product now" it says it is already activated and exits. When I try to enter the product key it says invalid.

I spoke with MS support. They say the "maximum number of activations has bee reached" and since there is no phone activation option, they can do nothing. Obviously the activation server thinks it is installed on some other computers but it is not. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling but of course that didn't work. How do I get this fixed?

Thanks in advance!
Chuck

Developer technologies Visual Studio Other
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  1. Reza-Ameri 17,336 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-08-21T15:29:24.54+00:00

    Microsoft Expression Studio and Expression Web is no longer supported by Microsoft , take a look at:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/expression-4
    In case, you are interested in web development using Microsoft Technology, you may consider Visual Studio which the Community Edition is free.
    Take a look at:
    https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/

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  2. Rod Falanga 591 Reputation points
    2021-08-22T20:34:29.55+00:00

    Additionally, @Reza-Ameri , you could try using Visual Studio Code. Go to https://code.visualstudio.com/Download to download Visual Studio Code for whatever your OS. I use both Visual Studio Community Edition and Visual Studio Code. For simpler web development I prefer Visual Studio Code. If I'm developing ASP.NET MVC apps I prefer Visual Studio (I'm just used to using that for MVC apps, although you can use Visual Studio Code as well). Note: with Visual Studio Code you'll have to get used to working directly in HTML, because Visual Studio Code has no designer interface.

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