How do I deactivate Affinity Photo before updating my Operating System

[Richard Fisher]

I need to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 on 3 computers.  How do I reinstall without using up all my available installations for the new software?

Richard

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You don't need to de-activate Affinity Photo.  When you re-install Affinity Photo, just enter the email address you used when you purchased the software, along with the product key.  If you want to clean install Windows 10 again in the future, the process is the same—it doesn't require any special process, it just requires the correct email address and product key.

The email address and product key can be found by logging into your Affinity account at the below link and going to the 'Downloads & Keys' section:

https://store.serif.com/account/

 

[R C-R]

@Richard Fisher In case it is not obvious from the previous reply, you won't "use up" your installations because the license does not restrict you to a specific number of installs.

The licensing terms vary a bit depending on which store you bought the app from but basically, for strictly personal use you can install it on every Windows computer you own or control, without limit. For commercial use you can either install it on one computer used by several different people (one seat) or on several different computers if only one person uses it for commercial purposes on any of those computers.

[jeffers]

When I upgraded from windows 7 with AP installed - to windows 10 all of the programmes etc including AP transfered with it and worked OK without altering anything. Maybe just lucky but the upgrade process warns you of any problems. Be prepared to take a couple of hours or more unless doing a clean install of W10.

Edited February 16, 2020 by jeffers
typo

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6 hours ago, jeffers said:

When I upgraded from windows 7 with AP installed - to windows 10 all of the programmes etc including AP transfered with it and worked OK without altering anything. Maybe just lucky but the upgrade process warns you of any problems. Be prepared to take a couple of hours or more unless doing a clean install of W10.

Although this is likely the case, at this stage I would probably consider clean installing Windows 10 after upgrading from Windows 7.  I.E. Backup files to another drive (or drives to be safe), download and run the Windows 10 Media Creation tool (and use the 'Upgrade this PC now' option) in order to get the Windows 10 digital licence (if this still works), then clean install Windows 10 after the tool has finished upgrading the machine.  The reason being, Windows 7 is old: the year it was released Michael Jackson was still alive.  Therefore not only is it a good opportunity to start fresh and get rid of any left over remnants from old third-party software or odd configurations that have built up over the years, but there are other features that are only available when clean installing Windows 10—such as kernel mode drivers needing to be countersigned by Microsoft (if Secure Boot is available and enabled).