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Reports on the Parallels discussion forums cite pesky issues concerning activation keys. Customers report not being able to activate their copies due to the serial numbers not working with non-localized versions. One users response to the localization issue raises an eyebrow as to why the process is being handled in such a manner. International users are not happy.

I was very happy when I heard that the final Parallels build (3186) is available for download. However, I cannot activate this product with my activation key (which requires, I think, a localized Parallels version).

Has anyone of you had the same experience? Any German / French / etc. users who could activate this product?

This reminds of the fact that it has been years since I last purchased productivity software off the shelf. Does anyone still do?