Implied in the other two responses is, "Yes, and the software is trying to give the code to you." What's the problem, do you want to use it on more computers than you got keys for? It's online activation insofar as one can't publish the key and be a "hacker hero". Is there a problem with that? -Noel Sorry for the late reply. I'm not a fan of DRM. I'd like to be able to use this software on any PC offline.