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8.1Installations on five different computers/hardware configurations

You can install and activate BioShock on 5 different computers (hardware configurations) before this activation limit is reached. For example, you may wish to install the game on your desktop computer as well as your laptop, which would count as two hardware configurations and therefore use up two activations.

Another case where you may be asked to re-activate BioShock, is when you have made significant hardware changes to your computer's existing configuration, such as changing the motherboard or DVD Drive, which will count as a new hardware configuration and therefore use one of the activations.

To play BioShock you will still require the original DVD in the drive of the machine that you are running the game on.

8.2Installations on the same hardware configuration five times

Re-installing BioShock on a computer that had already had a successful activation on it, and where the license file has not been deleted, for example by formatting the hard disc drive, and is not corrupt, will not use up an activation. In this case, you will be able to uninstall / re-install BioShock an infinite number of times without affecting your activation limit.

To play BioShock you will still require the original DVD in the drive of the machine that you are running the game on.

8.3Activation questions & answers

Q:If I uninstall BioShock on my computer and re-install it again without changing anything, will I use up an activation?

A:No! As long as you have not changed any major hardware component, such as a motherboard, hard disc drive or DVD ROM drive, you will not be asked to re-activate BioShock as it will use the activation information (activation license) from your previous installation.

Q:So I can install and uninstall it as many times on my computer without using up all my activations if I haven’t changed anything?

A:Yes!

Q: Can I install BioShock on the same computer under different user accounts?

A:Yes, although you will be asked to activate it for each user account, which will use up one of your activations.

Q:Will I be able to revoke the activations under each account and free up all the activations for each user account using the BioShockRevokeTool?

A:No! Unfortunately, the revoke tool will only revoke the activations once for any given computer, the activations used for any additional user accounts will remain active.

Q: So how do I get these activations from multiple user accounts on the same computer back?

A:2K Games are working on a solution for this with our activation partner, as soon as a solution is found we will make it available. For now, if you get stuck, please refer to the Exceptional Cases - Requests for Additional Activations section in this document for more information.

Q: How many different computers can I install BioShock on?

A:Five, but each one will use up one of your hardware activations. For example if you wanted to install BioShock on your main desktop gaming rig and also on your laptop, that will count as 2 different hardware configurations and therefore use up two activations.

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