Error: check activation message

[maryb84535991]

Adobe Digital Editions is authorized on my computer running Windows 10.  When I try to download a book that I have checked out on Overdrive from my library, I get the following message:  Error: check activation

[Nanaky]

Macintosh:

1. Open Adobe Digital Wditions.
2. Press Command+Shift+D to deauthorize Adobe Digital Editions.
3. Select Erase Authorization.
4. Click OK and quit Adobe Digital Editions.
5. Navigate to /Users//Library/Application Support/Adobe/Digital Editions and drag the activation.dat file to the trash.
   If you are using 10.7, see Access hidden library files | Mac OS 10.7 and later.
6. Open Adobe Digital Editions and reauthorize.

Windows:

1. Close all applications.
2. Choose Start > Run.
3. In the Open text box, type regedit and then press Enter. The Registry Editor opens.
4. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, locate the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adept
5. Select the Adept key.
6. Choose File > Export.
7. In the Export Registry File dialog box, select Selected Branch under Export Range. Enter a name and location for the backup registry key, and then click Save.
8. Right-click the Adept key and choose Delete.
9. In the Confirm Key Delete dialog, click OK.
10. Close the Registry Editor.
11. Open Adobe Digital Editions and reauthorize

[Guest]

Hi, can you please explain what these steps are intended to do?

I have two Adobe ID's - one for my business, and one personal for ebooks.

Will this have affect both of them?

[Nanaky]

The error say that activation are not right in your system. You must remove it and authoirze again. Which of Adobe ID do you used its your decision.