If you are activating Ranger Account Manager during the installation process, then you will already be at Fig 28 and you can safely carry on from that point.

If you declined to activate Ranger Account Manager during the installation process then the following steps will need to be performed on the server which you installed Ranger Account Manager to. From the 'Start' menu, click on 'Programs' then click on 'Ranger Account Manager' then click on 'Activate Ranger Account Manager'.

The Product Activation Wizard will then display an informational message, and will prompt you to choose between two options.

Fig 22 – Product Activation Wizard

For the purposes of this section, please click on the 'Yes, I have an Internet connection' button.

Fig 23 – Product search

Ranger Account Manager will proceed to search for all Ranger products installed on your server. Ensure that you select the Ranger Account Manager product and deselect any others that are found. Click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Fig 24 – Product details

Enter in the Activation Key which you received when you purchased Ranger Account Manager. If you installed Ranger Account Manager as part of your Upgrade Protection Agreement with Sentinel Products Ltd. then you should have received an email with instructions on how to retrieve your Activation Key. Click the 'Activate' button to continue.

Fig 25 – Ranger Account Manager Activation

The Product Activation Wizard will contact the Activation Server and will automatically activate Ranger Account Manager. Should any problems occur, a dialog will prompt you with the reason the failure occurred. Once the activation process has completed, a summary of the details used will be displayed.

Fig 26 – Activation summary

If the information displayed is incorrect then please click on the back button to correct any details. If the information displayed is correct, please click on the 'Next' button to continue.

Fig 27 – Registration completed

The final dialog will be displayed once you have completed the activation process. Click on the 'Finish' button to close the Product Activation Wizard.