Install Pip

1. 01

   Go to the download page. It detects what you are on and offers the matching build — you never have to work out which file is yours.

2. 02

   Run the installer. It installs per-user, so there is no elevation prompt and no administrator password. The download is about 3.4 MB, and setup takes a minute or two.

3. 03

   Pip opens and asks to be activated — paste the licence key from your purchase email, answer one question about what this machine is for, and you are in. How activation works.

4. 04

   The window lands on the Servers tool with whatever is running right now — read your first scan. Pip also puts a bird in your system tray; if Windows has tidied it into the overflow area, drag it out onto the tray itself, because clicking it is the fastest way back in.

Windows SmartScreen shows a Windows protected your PC notice for installers it has not seen signed by a known publisher. Choose More info, then Run anyway.

The download page states whether the build you are getting is code-signed, and publishes its SHA-256 fingerprint either way. If you would rather check the file than take our word for it — verify your download first. It takes one command.

Pip is a one-time $29 purchase covering one machine, with free updates forever. It asks for your key the first time it opens, and Settings — the gear in the top-right of the window — shows your licence and seat from then on.

How activation works, and what it sends. Lost your key already? Have it re-sent.