In plain English
A software license can be used only up to a set activation maximum. This status means that maximum has already been used, so the same license cannot be used for another activation.
In context
Here, it reports that the software license has already been activated as many times as it allows, so another activation cannot be made with that license.
- Situation
- Installing, updating, licensing, and checking compatibility for applications
- What it communicates
- reports that the license has reached its allowed number of activations
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not say why those activations occurred or anything more than the fact that the allowed maximum has been reached.
Examples
“When they used the same software license on a spare computer, the installer returned Activation limit reached instead of starting another activation.”
“After the office PC was rebuilt, Activation limit reached came up for the old license, so the software stayed unactivated.”