Problem with Vista activation

[Guest]

I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I tried
reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already in
use an need to use another one.

 

[Alias]

I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I tried
reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already in
use an need to use another one.

Ain't it wonderful to be forced to act as a cop for Microsoft,
especially when its ineffective and flawed software says that you, the
paying customer, are a pirate?

If you're tired of this crap, why don't you check out Open Source. It's
free with no activation, no becoming "genuine", no worry about viruses
or other malware if you have a hard router firewall. Not only that, it's
free and can be copied and installed on as many computers as you like.
Check out www.ubuntu.com and www.pclinuxos.com and advance to a real
operating system.

Alias

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,

what if you try activating by telephone? You will be redirected to a person that will help you with your issue.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem as you. Update installed a new driver now i have to
reactivate. £130 gone.

 

[Ian Betts]

Oh dear Microsoft are always called the villain. You are warned one
activation but no you try two. If you follow the online advice it will guide
you to a free phone number where with a reasoned argument I had no trouble
getting activation.

As for dear little boy/girl Alias, well maybe it mummy lets it act big or
someone is paying it to be the list idiot.

 

[Alias]

Oh dear Microsoft are always called the villain.

It's their ineffective and flawed program.

You are warned one
activation but no you try two. If you follow the online advice it will
guide you to a free phone number where with a reasoned argument I had no
trouble getting activation.

What would an "unreasonable" argument be, pray tell?

As for dear little boy/girl Alias, well maybe it mummy lets it act big
or someone is paying it to be the list idiot.

Is English your first language?

Alias, whose mother died years ago.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

The activation component is reporting that the key is in use simply because
you have already used that key.

When the online activation fails, you are given several options, one of
which is to telephone the activation center. Use this option and a
representative will get the system activated for you.

Make sure that you have all of the current Windows Updates installed. There
is one recent update that fixes many of the problems with product
activation.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

You can throw the money away if you want to, but a better solution would be
to read the activation screen when the activation fails and choose the
option to use the telephone for activation.

 

[Ian Betts]

I am old enough to be your grandfather and have more common sense than you
will ever have. I have been using computers for over 30 years and teach
people Microsoft and Linux, so you are a baby in every thing or you would
not be on this list arguing like a child about what best.

If you cannot tell what is unreasonable you need to learn English
..

 

[Ian Betts]

You can go on telling people what to do but if they will not take advise?

 

[The poster formerly known as Nina DiBoy]

Oh dear Microsoft are always called the villain. You are warned one
activation but no you try two. If you follow the online advice it will
guide you to a free phone number where with a reasoned argument I had no
trouble getting activation.

You should never need to argue in order to use/activate a product that
you paid for.

--
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http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"They hacked the Microsoft website to make it think a linux box was a
windows box. Thats called hacking. People who do hacking are called
hackers."

"Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with
legality."
- Linus Torvalds

 

[Alias]

I am old enough to be your grandfather and have more common sense than
you will ever have.

Um, if my grandfather were alive, he would be 110.

I have been using computers for over 30 years and
teach people Microsoft and Linux,

Now that you're finished bragging, you hurl the insults:

so you are a baby in every thing or

you would not be on this list arguing like a child about what best.

If you cannot tell what is unreasonable you need to learn English

Care to reply to content rather than bragging about yourself and putting
me down?

Alias

 

[Anteaus]

Bottom line is that product activation, like most DRM, only hurts the
legitimate user. It has minimal effect on the pirate, who will already have a
crack to-hand by the time the product reaches RTM status.

As for the drive to ensure that Windows is 'genuine' the best action
Microsoft could possibly take in this regard would be to ensure that copies
on new computers ARE genuine, by banning the preinstallation of trial
software. That would lead to a huge improvement in the Windows
user-experience.