Sage 50 provides an easy and user-friendly interface to address the day-to-day accounting needs of businesses and individuals alike. However, many of its users have reported that they face Sage 50 activating problem and received the “Your Activation Key for Sage 50 Has Expired “error message or error: “There was a problem activating. Please try again later.” or “There was a problem with the activation files for Sage 50.” Such issues makes the Sage 50 activation failed. If you are one of them, this blog is going to help you a lot. Here, we will show some simple steps to resolve this commonly reported issue.
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Schedule a MeetingHow to fix the error: your activation key for Sage 50 has expired?
Here are some simple methods to resolve when you see the message: Your Activation Key for Sage 50 Has Expired, please start Sage 50 on the Sage 50 company data server, [Server], to activate.
Method 1: Delete certain files that may have got damaged
- Close the Sage 50 application
- Log on to your computer again
- Go to the File Manager
- Browse the data path for the related resources
- Then delete the files with extensions .dat, dat.bak, .da and .xml
- Now open Sage 50 software again
- Please check if the program gets activated successfully.
Method 2: If the Temporary Pervasive License key has got expired
- Close the Sage 50 application
- Log on to your computer again
- Go to the File Manager
- Browse the data path
- Start the SageReg.exe file
- Click the tab named Key Status
- Click the Check Key State tab
- If you see the Permanent key in the column named Licensed Type, stop the process. Else, proceed to the next step
- Click the tab named Sage 50 Activation
- Click the Active tab
- Close the Activation Window once you receive the instructions.
- Start Sage 50 to complete the Activation
Note: If the Pervasive key has expired in SageReg, altering the system date to before that date and then deleting CLIENTINFO.XML from the data path will allow you to manually reactivate once in Sage 50.
Method 3: If the activation process is blocked by an anti-virus
- Check if your anti-virus has got expired
- If so, uninstall or remove the anti-virus
- Renew the plan or subscription of the anti-virus
- Now open Sage 50 software again
- Please check if the program gets activated successfully.
We hope the troubleshooting methods mentioned above would help you a great deal to fix the issue of the “Your Activation Key for Sage 50 Has Expired “error message on your computer. You just need to spend a couple of minutes of your schedule and go through the procedures carefully. If you are still not able to fix this issue, or, if you experience any difficulties in carrying out the above-mentioned steps, you may speak to our experts. We have a highly efficient team of seasoned experts. We will be able to provide all the support and services you need, whenever you contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Few most common queries to read.
Why does the “Your Activation Key for Sage 50 has expired” error message appear on my screen?
Several reasons may contribute to the occurrence of the “Your Activation Key for Sage 50 Has Expired “error message, when you run Sage 50. Some of these reasons are listed below:
1. If the anti-virus installed in your computer has got expired
2. If the Pervasive Licensed key has got expired
3. When some files in the data path in your computer has been damaged
4. If the data path has not been set correctly
5. If the firewall in your computer has been blocked by your anti-virus
6. If Pervasive 9.1 and analyzer is still installed in your computer
7. When the DNS (Domain Name System) in your computer is not working
What should I do if I get: Your Activation Key for Sage 50 has expired, would you like to activate now? It seems my Pervasive Installation is damaged.
1. Please follow the steps mentioned below-
2. Close the Sage 50 application
3. Try to restart the Persuasive first, before uninstalling it
4. Remove all the versions of Pervasive installed already
5. Open the Sage 50 application again
6. Check if the activation issue has been solved or not
How to find data path and program path in Sage 50, when activation key expired?
1. In the data location, create a new text file.
2. Locate the path specified in the configuration file on the workstation.
3. Go to the specified place and double-check that the text file prepared in step 2 is present. If it isn’t, check to see if the data location has a mapped disc or create one.
4. Return to step 3 and edit the configuration file to point to the right data location.
5. Check to see if the error still occurs.
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