Having been a user of Solidworks from almost year dot (better part of 20 years), I'm struggling to comprehend the error message I'm getting when attempting to activate my serial number for use with 2014beta.  The activation server suggests my serial number is invalid.  Clearly this isn't the case since I can activate/deactivate my serial for use with 2013 until I'm blue in the face, yet 2014beta is having none of it.

Any ideas? VAR said they cannot actually help with this issue since beta bugs need to be reported to Solidworks directly through the portal...

I've submitted a service request regarding this issue.  Hopefully Solidworks will come to the rescue soon enough