Activating Vegas Pro Edit 17.0 on same Windows 10 machine

Ron-Ewart wrote on 4/10/2020, 8:59 PM

My c:\ HDD drive failed on Windows 10 machine and I replaced it with SSD. After reinstalling windows, I downloaded and installed Vegas Pro 17. When trying to activate, I needed to deactivate original copy first (not available since on failed drive). The deactivation window showed two identical copies both on the same machine. (XPS 8700 i7) I successfully deactivated the first one [but since it is the same physical machine, I think it really deactivated the one I was trying to activate. Then ended up in an endless loop. How can I install and activate same software on same machine, but with different c:\