Activate Mathematica on your computer

(Here I activate Mathematica 7.0.1 on a Windows machine.)

Suppose you have successfully downloaded and installed Mathematica from the CSE lab websites ( http://cselabs.umn.edu/software ). Now you’ll need to register a license to activate Mathematica.

You’ll need 3 sets of numbers to activate Mathematica :

1.      License number - Everyone has the same license number. It’s L3226-5018 .

2.      Math ID - Different computers have different Math ID. Math ID will show up automatically after you input your License numbers. Mine, for example, is 6202-90864-07505.

3.      Passwords - After you find out your Math ID, continue here http://register.wolfram.com/ to register. Then you’ll receive an email like the following. In this example my password is 3758-887-822:8,8,16,16:5:20110701 .

Email from Wolfram Research :

Version 7.0 password(s) were generated for license: L3226-5018
Here is the content for your mathpass file:
machinename 6202-90864-07505 L3226-5018 3758-887-822:8,8,16,16:5:20110701


Requestor information:
Name: Nai-Chia Chen
Organization: University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
Department: Math
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