I have a client that purchased 11 computers from Dell. Acrobat Standard was included with each machine. The software was downloaded/installed through Dell's digital download service. Now when Acrobat is fired-up on a machine, it requires that I sign-in with an Adobe account. I do not want to create accounts for each user as "users come and go, but the machines remain". The software to be licensed to the organization and not assigned/tied-to any individual within the organization.
I suppose someone will say "just create accounts for the machines." While that can be done, I suspect the account username must be in the form of an email address as Adobe will no-doubt want to send out emails about upgrades, etc.. I'd really rather not have to create a pile of email alias' just for this purpose. I'd prefer to use a single email address (and associated Adobe account) to register all 11 copies. However, it sounds like others were not able to do this as with the OEM version there is a limitation where each Adobe account can only activate a single OEM copy. If that's true, what is the sensible way to handle this? Please don't say "You should have purchased a volume license" as this was purchased from Dell for a highly discounted price. The machines were purchased through business-side of Dell's operations so one would assume any associated software would be licensed in a manner appropriate for a business.
What's the solution here?
-Tom
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