Activating a New Installation of Visio
After you install Visio, you must activate it within the first 10 starts of the program. Activation is a method for ensuring that you’ve installed a certified Microsoft product, not an illegal copy, in accordance with the software license. When you activate Visio, you can also register the product, but you don’t have to. Microsoft prefers that you register your copy of Visio, but in fact, the only information you need to provide when you activate Visio is your country or region.
The Microsoft Office Activation Wizard starts automatically the first time you run Visio. To activate Visio, follow the instructions in the wizard.
The wizard generates a hardware identification number that becomes the unique fingerprint ...
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