Well, my point was not about Windows activation -- though I was amazed by how easy it turned out to be (the original, underlying installation was a Win7Pro OEM system builder version.)
My point was that AC9.* won't install directly on a new client machine (not talking about the problem of reinstalling on a new server!) because it doesn't have Crystal Reports and some other stuff.
I got around that problem twice on new client computers by first installing AC6.3.3 -- which I had in archive -- then installing 9.* over that.
I wonder if that has worked for anyone else, and whether AC has upgraded the v9 installer by this time.
