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 12 MB and setup takes about two minutes.

3. 03

   Pip starts and puts a bird in your system tray, next to the clock. If Windows has tidied it into the overflow area, drag it out onto the tray itself — you will be clicking it a lot.

4. 04

   Click the icon. The window opens on the Servers tool with whatever is running right now. Read your first scan.

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. Enter your key in Settings — the gear in the top-right of the window — and that is the last time activation asks you for anything.

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