I have a 5 user subscription on my account and all five are allocated to different machines, I have three desktops, one laptop and a small netbook. On one of the desktops I am installing a new motherboard plus putting in a new SSD to replace an old HDD on which my OS (Win 7) is installed, as is my NIS 2014.
Now with the SSD there is software which will migrate the partition (C drive) on the current motherboard to the new SSD, rather like Ghost. I have previously done this successfully before on another machine. Obviously when the software transposes my stuff on to the new SSD to all sense and purposes it will be the same as it was before in indentity.
I will be doing a clean install on the old drive and putting it into another PC for my daughter; she will be buying her own NIS2014 for it when I have done this. Therefore is there any need to for me to go into Norton Manager to do anything, as on the new SSD it will be still be listed as the same name as it was before?
I would only recommend that you verify that all is in order after the changes are made. We are dealing with computers that only work with ones and zeros so it is possible for things to be a bit 'different' than expected from time to time.
Thank you for your attention. Based on what you are saying, do you think I should uninstall it from my old HDD first then remove it from Norton Management and then install it on to my new SSD?
That's what I've done. I don't know how Norton activation works, but some software will create a "fingerprint" of your hardware set-up (motherboards, HDs, processors, etc.) each time it boots up, and if there are hardware changes on the same installation, it assumes it has been pirated (guilty until proven innocent) and demands immediate re-activation.
The method I would use, being in agreement with what rocketscientist says in regards to the change in hardware, would be to go to Norton Management > My Devices Tab and for the Device you desire to Remove NIS from, select the Trash Can under Products Installed (shows Remove Product when you hover over it) for the system that you are removing the HDD from. This will free up a license.
Once you get the SSD installed you can go to Norton Managment , log in and select the Add Device in order to download, install and activate NIS on your SSD.
I also agree with the removal of Norton prior to the mobo change. The motherboard is often the seat of identity in a computer, rather than the hard drive, which is interchangeable. Changing the motherboard is more like changing its name. Have your other software and Windows activation keys available prior to the change as well.
What I intend to do now is clean install of Windows 7, rather than use the software to transpose the partition of my existing C drive on my existing HDD to the new SSD on the new motherboard, which I will keep on the new motherboard. So is there any necessity to uninstall NIS first on the old HDD as I will be formatting it to use it as a data partition?
I realise I have to delete it from Norton Management, however, I want to maintain the name of this machine the same as it was before. Let's say it is Jack's PC and it is called that in Norton Management as one of the five registered machines. If I remove Jack's PC from the NM what would happen if I try to restore it again as one of the five under the same name? Do I need to alter this name, would having the same name cause confusion for the registration purposes?
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I've just binn'd an installation in Norton Management since it was telling me for some reason that I had no security application on that PC, although NIS was and is installed and running perfectly on it (it's a multiboot which may have confused it).
When Norton Management picked up the NIS again (which is a story in itself) it did as usual and gave it a name -- Hugh - Windows 7 Home Premium (I think) -- and I just clicked on the pencil to edit the name to the one I use normally.
So you should have no problem.
When you go to reinstall on the "new PC" do the download from Norton Management and then apart from the renaming it should all run automatically.
Not to sidetrack for discussion on it but here's the situation that cropped up that I referred to just in case you run into anything similar ....
The problem I encountered is that since my PC did have current NIS installed and working and it was just Norton Management that said it didn't I did not want to download and reinstall which was the only option I could find in Norton Management -- there did not seem to be any "Refresh" or "Go look around to see what I have that is connected".
In the end, after a while, my WIndows 7 put up a screen saying it would be a good idea to register with Norton Management and that did it, apart from the renaming.
What I intend to do now is clean install of Windows 7, rather than use the software to transpose the partition of my existing C drive on my existing HDD to the new SSD on the new motherboard, which I will keep on the new motherboard. So is there any necessity to uninstall NIS first on the old HDD as I will be formatting it to use it as a data partition?
I realise I have to delete it from Norton Management, however, I want to maintain the name of this machine the same as it was before. Let's say it is Jack's PC and it is called that in Norton Management as one of the five registered machines. If I remove Jack's PC from the NM what would happen if I try to restore it again as one of the five under the same name? Do I need to alter this name, would having the same name cause confusion for the registration purposes?
As you are at the max for installation on your current subscription, and you are making a major change to the system (motherboard change) you will need to remove the old installation in Norton Management as was noted above. If you do not, you will end up with an error when you go to install Norton on the new M/B and drive, saying you have no installations available.
FWIW - the computer name is taken from the System Information's Summary (under system name) or can also be found in Control Panel > System under Computer Name. This is what Norton Management will list it as - and of course as Hugh points out the name is changeable via the Edit Icon (pencil) within Norton Management.
i don't know anything about motherboards and other stuff but i do know that Norton account or now norton management will recognize the name of computer if u use same name and if u enter the norton key it will be same licence my brother name of computer was recognized by Norton and it shows Norton instaled from 2011 even if he newly instaled 2 months ago on a new pc