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Jake
I recently bought an Inspiron 531 with Vista home premium installed.
First thing i did when I got it was reinstall the OS from the cd Dell
provided to get rid of the bloatware. I then installed the graphics card
and a thing popped up saying that my activation key was invalid. So I
entered the product key and attempted to activate over the net. It
didnt activate and told me to use the automatic phone system. So I
phoned it up and typed in my activation code. It was rejected. I was
transferred on to a Microsoft rep and when they enetered my code they
generated a new code no trouble at all. So windows is now activated.
Why did the automatic part not work? I phoned up dell and told them and
they sent out another product key label and a new disk. So i changed the
product key and the same thing happened again. I needed an actual
person to enter it into the system for me. Is there somethign wrong
with the automatic part of the phone system or has Dell sent me another
faulty key? It said windows activated up until I reinstalled the
graphics card.
Thanks,
Jake
First thing i did when I got it was reinstall the OS from the cd Dell
provided to get rid of the bloatware. I then installed the graphics card
and a thing popped up saying that my activation key was invalid. So I
entered the product key and attempted to activate over the net. It
didnt activate and told me to use the automatic phone system. So I
phoned it up and typed in my activation code. It was rejected. I was
transferred on to a Microsoft rep and when they enetered my code they
generated a new code no trouble at all. So windows is now activated.
Why did the automatic part not work? I phoned up dell and told them and
they sent out another product key label and a new disk. So i changed the
product key and the same thing happened again. I needed an actual
person to enter it into the system for me. Is there somethign wrong
with the automatic part of the phone system or has Dell sent me another
faulty key? It said windows activated up until I reinstalled the
graphics card.
Thanks,
Jake