I looked at the top-right corner of the AnyDesk window. There it was: a tiny, easy-to-miss . I clicked it.
I groaned. I’d never used AnyDesk before. We were switching from our old clunky remote tool because it kept dropping connections. Now, I had fifteen minutes left in my work week, a new piece of software, and a license key that felt more like a riddle.
A small pop-up box appeared with a single blank field. I took a deep breath. This was the moment of truth.
Whoosh.
I realized my mistake. You don't activate before you open the app. You activate inside it.