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I ran it down to the wire, 1 day left and I was still unable to register. Even with a registration code sitting in my inbox
so I uninstalled Avast using the uninstall feature included in the program.
I then downloaded Avast again, and installed it
Went to the registration screen, used ‘already have an account’ format entered my credentials
! It worked. My Avast is now registered for one year
In the end I may have created my own problem with registering, because when I originally ‘uninstalled’ Avast all I did was to drag the program to trash
It occurs to me that this may have left the preference files/registration files from the original installation in my system - and that’s why the new Avast couldn’t register
Using the Avast unistall program feature this time corrected that situation, so the new new Avast could register properly
This reply and solution is posted in case there are others with the same problem