I had that problem with activation as well. Also when i got it activated, i tried to upgrade from deluxe to premier and got the same result.
Someone in the community suggested changing the display resolution to 800 x 600. I tried this and was able to enter the activation code. Then when i upgraded, same solution but tricky as some of the info was offscreen to the left. (i had to wing the expiration month of my credit card. Anyways, I finally got there. (After i got to the upgrade window I changed the resolution back to normal but the left side of the window was still off-screen - which is where the exp month of the CC was to be chosen) Hope this helps.
