1. Open the Geographic Calculator. The system will prompt you that it does not yet have a valid a license file (Figure 1):

Figure 1. The Geographic Calculator without a valid license file.

2. Click Yes. The system will present the Geographic Calculator Activation Wizard (Figure 2). Choose "I want to activate the software over the Internet" and click Next.

Figure 2. The Geographic Calculator Activation Wizard.

3. Fill in the required User Information fields (Figure 3) and click Next.

Figure 3. The User Information dialog.

4. Choose from either a full license (if you have already purchased one) or a limited evaluation license (Figure 4) and click Next.

Figure 4. Choose an activation type.

5. Fill in the required order number information for a full license and verify your demographic information before clicking Finish to complete the licensing process (Figure 5).

Figure 5. User Information review dialog.

6. An Internet browser window will open and go to the Blue Marble Geographics licensing website, automatically filling in the information you provided in the preceding steps (Figure 6). Enter your Blue Marble website account password and click Request License.

Figure 6. License Request website.

7. You will receive a license file via e-mail.

Figure 7. Successful License Request.

8. Save the file you receive via e-mail from Blue Marble Geographics to the LIC folder on your local machine, which by default will be as follows:

Windows 2000 or XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Blue Marble Geographics\
Geographic Calculator\7, 0, 0, 0\Lic

Figure 8. The GeographicCalculator.lic file, in the correct folder for Windows 2000 and XP systems.

Windows Vista:

C:\Users\All Users\Blue Marble Geographics\Geographic Calculator\7, 0, 0, 0\Lic

Figure 9. The GeographicCalculator.lic file, in the correct folder for Windows Vista systems.

NOTE: E-mail software often renames incoming files, and the Geographic Calculator will not recognize a license with a name other than GeographicCalculator.lic as being valid. If your saved file has any other name, please rename it to GeographicCalculator.lic after saving it to the correct folder.

9. Open the Geographic Calculator (Figure 10). The system will not prompt you for a valid license file:

Figure 10. The Geographic Calculator.

10. You can now click File --> License Information to verify that your Single user license is valid (Figure 11).

Figure 11. The License Information message box.