The Social Squared 2010 is available as a 14 day trial. You can use the full functionality of the Social Squared for 14 days, after which the product will need to be licensed. The number of days remaining in your trial will be shown within the Social Squared Web Part. After the 14 day period has expired, the Web Part will not display any posts until Social Squared is licensed.
You can check the license information within each instance of the Social Squared Web Part by selecting Edit Web Part on the Web Parts drop down menu. 
When you purchase the Social Squared 2010, you will need to inform Lightning Tools of the number of Web Front-ends and the number of SharePoint farms you wish to purchase a license, including production and non-production Microsoft® SharePoint® environments. We will then provide you with a valid license key for each SharePoint farm where you want to use Social Squared.
Once you have purchased Social Squared and have received the license key, you need to enter the key and activate the product via the Lightning Tools license manager which can be found on the System Settings page on the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site.
Tip: If the Manage LightningTools products licensing link is missing on the System Settings page, complete steps similar to those documented on the Troubleshooting page.
You can activate Social Squared over the Internet or manually. Once a license key is activated, it will be associated with a specific SharePoint farm, and can not be activated on a different SharePoint farm. License keys are also specific to a Lightning Tools product, therefore you need a license key for each Lightning Tools product that you install on your SharePoint farm.
Activate with Internet Access
To activate Social Squared, automatically when your machine has access to the internet:
- In the browser, open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site.
- On the Quick Launch, click System Settings, and then under Farm Management click Manage LightningTools products licensing.
![Under Farm Management, click Manage LightningTools products licensing]( "SharePoint 2010 Central Administration System Settings")
Tip: If the Manage LightningTools products licensing link is missing on the System Settings page, complete steps similar to those documented on the Troubleshooting page. - Select the Social Squared 2010 product from the Choose Product drop down list.
- In the License Key text box, type the license key sent to you when you completed your purchase of Social Squared.
- In the User Email text box, type your email address.
- In the Organization text box, type your organization or company name.
- In the User Name text box, type your first name and last name.
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- Click Activate
The page is redisplayed with a License Status: The Product is properly licensed.
The Social Squared license is now activated and registered with Lightning Tools. You can check the license information within each instance of the Social Squared Web Part by choosing Edit Web Part on the Web Parts drop down menu. If you have purchased a license of the product already and believe that the information in the Web Part tool pane is incorrect, please contact Lightning Tools by clicking Submit Support Ticket on Lightning Tools web site. We will then gladly provide you with a license key.
Activate without Internet Access
To activate Social Squared when your machine does not have access to the internet:
- In the browser, open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site.
- On the Quick Launch, click System Settings, and then under Farm Management click Manage LightningTools products licensing.
![Under Farm Management, click Manage LightningTools products licensing]( "SharePoint 2010 Central Administration System Settings")
Tip: If the Manage LightningTools products licensing link is missing on the System Settings page, complete steps similar to those documented on the Troubleshooting page. - Select the Social Squared 2010 product from the Choose Product drop down list.
- In the License Key text box, type the license key sent to you when you completed your purchase of Social Squared.
- In the User Email text box, type your email address.
- In the Organization text box, type your organization or company name.
- In the User Name text box, type your first name and last name.
- Now complete one of the following steps.
- If the server that you are using has mail access, click Send Activation Email to send an email to Lightning Tools with your identity key and license key, which is used to generate the license.
Or - Copy the contents from License Information text box, and save it in a manner so you have access to that information from another computer.
- On a computer where you can send emails, paste the License Information into the body of the email, and send to support@lightningtools.com with a Subject line of: Social Squared 2010 activation request.
Activation information will be sent in an email to the email address you provided in step 6.The email contains an XML license which can be pasted in the License Information text box replacing the existing contents.
Click Save License.The Social Squared license is now activated and registered with Lightning Tools. You can check the license information within each instance of the Social Squared Web Part by choosing Edit Web Part on the Web Parts drop down menu. If you have purchased a license of the product already and believe that the information in the Web Part tool pane is incorrect, please contact Lightning Tools by clicking Submit Support Ticket on Lightning Tools web site. We will then gladly provide you with a license key.
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