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Dec 30, 2014 10:36 PM UTC
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Library books downloads fail I get the following message: "Error getting license Server Communication Problem E_AUTH_BAD_DEVICE_KEY_OR_PKCS12

I am using the most recent version of Adobe reader, have uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times to no avail.

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Lorenzo Da BakerCorrect answer
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Dec 31, 2014 2:11 PM UTC

Hi,

How do you un authorize the Adobe Digital Editions? I couldn't find anywhere to do that so I couldn't get past step 1!


How To Change the Authorized Adobe ID


http://www.adobe.com/go/digital-editions-createID


What do you do if your copy of Adobe Digital Editions is authorized with the wrong Adobe ID? This can happen if you’ve started using a different Adobe ID or you somehow messed up the authorization in the past.

If you’re trying to open an ebook when Adobe Digital Editions is authorized with the wrong Adobe ID, you’ll get an error message like: “License fulfilled by a different user” or something similar referencing licensing or authorization.

Important note: If you have some ebooks that do require your current authorization, those will become unreadable if you authorize with a different Adobe ID.

deauthorize

The first thing to do is deauthorize Adobe Digital Editions. This will remove your current authorization.

  1. 1. Open Adobe Digital Editions
  2. 2. On your keyboard, simultaneously press the Ctrl, Shift, and D buttons (if on Windows) or the Cmd, Shift, and D buttons (if on a Mac)
  3. 3. Click the “Deauthorize” button
  4. After this you should close Adobe Digital Editions, and then open it again.

re-authorize

If you’ve followed the steps above, your copy of Adobe Digital Editions is no longer authorized.

  1. Open Adobe Digital Editions
  2. Adobe Digital Editions will behave as if you’ve just installed it, and will prompt you to enter your login information for your Adobe ID. Use the Adobe ID account information that you want to use to authorize Adobe Digital Editions.

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sophosanthropos
Participant
May 18, 2019 12:42 AM UTC

Sorry, I can't even de-authorisde the ADE....

It keeps giving me the following message

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Participant
Nov 7, 2019 9:59 AM UTC

I get the same message. Was this solved?

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Participant
Apr 15, 2020 5:57 PM UTC

Ever get any answers to this?

How do you remove an ID that is no longer valid, and cannot remember the password to ??

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elenac11628386
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Apr 2, 2019 8:39 PM UTC

I tried for the billion time to do as written but always got a new message saying that I couldn't change the authorized adobe ID and try later.

It's been three days, anyone can help me?

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Participant
Dec 31, 2014 12:32 AM UTC

I have exactly the same problem and I have not changed the version of Adobe  I was using successfully last week. I think the problem has to be with Adobe. Maybe there is something wrong with their server? We should try again on the weekend. It is annoying,

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Participant
Dec 31, 2014 1:10 AM UTC

Solved problem this afternoon by the simplest of steps....

1. Opened and unauthorized Adobe reader

2. Closed program

3. Reopened program and it asked for new authorization which I did.

4. The darn thing started working WOW

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Participant
Dec 31, 2014 2:13 AM UTC

Hi,

How do you un authorize the Adobe Digital Editions? I couldn't find anywhere to do that so I couldn't get past step 1!

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