====== Origin home-use license ====== Go to http://www.originlab.com to **Log In**. {{ :software:origin:1.jpg?direct |}} And then, on the next webpage, click on **Create an account** {{ :software:origin:2.jpg?direct |}} Fill the form with the department specifics and use your FU email address with your own username and a preferred password. You absolutely **must** use your fu email (**@physik.fu-berlin.de, @chemie.fu-berlin.de, @zedat.fu-berlin.de, @fu-berlin.de**), **otherwise the activation won't work!**. {{ :software:origin:3.jpg?direct |}} Click **PRODUCTS**, then choose **Download Origin Demo** {{ :software:origin:4.jpg?direct |}} Under "Which best describes you?" and "What is your sector?", choose the option that corresponds to you. {{ :software:origin:5.jpg?direct |}} Click **Continue** {{ :software:origin:6.jpg?direct |}} Click **Continue to download** {{ :software:origin:6_5.jpg?direct |}} You don't have to fill out the field on how you plan to use Origin, but answer "Where did you hear about Origin?" and click **Continue**. Now choose your desired file format and with or without Help, then click on **Download now**. {{ :software:origin:7.jpg?direct |}} A new browser page and a download window should open. Save the file on your system. {{ :software:origin:8.jpg?direct |}} If downloaded, run the setup as admin (right click on setup file --> run as admin). {{ :software:origin:9.jpg?direct |}} Click **Weiter**. {{ :software:origin:10.jpg?direct |}} Agree the license agreement with **Ja**. {{ :software:origin:11.jpg?direct |}} Check the Box with **Produkt installieren (erfordert Seriennummer)** and **Weiter**. {{ :software:origin:12.jpg?direct |}} Enter serial number, which can be found on [[https://software.physik.fu-berlin.de/]] under: "Origin Home-Use License Serialnumber" **Weiter**. {{ :software:origin:13.jpg?direct |}} Click on **Ja** in the next window. {{ :software:origin:14.jpg?direct |}} Check the **32-Bit- und 64-Bit-Version von Origin** and select **Weiter**. {{ :software:origin:15.jpg?direct |}} {{ :software:origin:16.jpg?direct |}} You can leave this target directory our change it to a favored one, then again **Weiter**. {{ :software:origin:17.jpg?direct |}} **Yes** {{ :software:origin:18.jpg?direct |}} Check the boxes for whichever features you require. {{ :software:origin:19.jpg?direct |}} Check **Alle Benutzer**, then **Weiter** {{ :software:origin:20.jpg?direct |}} And again **Weiter**. {{ :software:origin:21.jpg?direct |}} Click **Weiter** again, and then let the setup run. {{ :software:origin:22.jpg?direct |}} **Fertig stellen**. {{ :software:origin:23.jpg?direct |}} Enter your desired user files folder or leave the original one. **OK** {{ :software:origin:24.jpg?direct |}} **OK** {{ :software:origin:25.jpg?direct |}} And then "Yes" {{ :software:origin:26.jpg?direct |}} You should see the License Activation Screen {{{ :software:origin:27.jpg?direct |}} In order to get the Product Key, following these instructions: You need to go back to this website [[https://software.physik.fu-berlin.de/]] (leave the license activation window open) and click on the **Get product key** link next to "Origin 2017 (9.4). You should be presented with the Origin Website again and a prompt for userID and password, fill these out with your details. {{ :software:origin:28.jpg?direct |}} Once you have successfully logged in, you should see this next page, with the Serial number, click on "Request". {{ :software:origin:29.jpg?direct |}} The key has now been sent to the email address with which you signed up. {{ :software:origin:30.jpg?direct |}} Copy the code either from the website or from your email **but check that you got the email!** {{ :software:origin:31.jpg?direct |}} Paste the code back into your "Lizenzaktivierung" in the Origin Program. Click **Aktivieren** {{ :software:origin:32.jpg?direct |}} {{ :software:origin:33.jpg?direct |}} Voila!