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Simply follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/account\/products\">Login to your SAPIEN account<\/a> and go to your <strong>Registered Products<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Activation Details<\/strong> button next to your subscription information to bring up the Activation Details window.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Reset<\/strong> next to the machine that has the activation you want to reset and voila! 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