suddenly asking for activation

[Guest]

Out of the blue I have a task bar bubble telling me I have 3 days to activate
windows.

I've been using vista for 3 months. Online and phone activation is telling
me the key has already been used. (by me obviously). What do I do now that
windows tells me it will shut down in 72 hours?

 

[Alias]

Out of the blue I have a task bar bubble telling me I have 3 days to activate
windows.

I've been using vista for 3 months. Online and phone activation is telling
me the key has already been used. (by me obviously). What do I do now that
windows tells me it will shut down in 72 hours?

You need to use phone activation to call for permission to use that for
which you've paid. You might want to jot the phone number down on a
post-it note and stick it on you monitor for future reference.

Alias

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Scott,

It was probably a driver update that triggered it, it's a known issue. Call
the phone activation, but get a real person on the line to reactivate by
hanging on the line after the automated version fails.

And yeah, this shouldn't happen, but it does.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I hate to kind of hijack this thread... the same thing is happening to me
now as well. I tried phone activation once.. and they said they would send me
to a technician.. however I was out of normal business hours. Now I am out on
business and when I get back it will be locked up.

I re-installed Vista and stupidly forgot to see if I still had my CD case
(which I can't find, especially that I'm gone on business for a month).. but
I have retrieved my key, which of course says it is in use.

When I tried to do phone activation again in the daytime I didn't have that
option anymore.. so my question is.. is there a number I can call to get
ahold of a live person to get this sorted out before I get back home so it
will activate fine?

Thanks!

Daniel

 

[Ian Betts]

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Ian

Hi,

I hate to kind of hijack this thread... the same thing is happening to me
now as well. I tried phone activation once.. and they said they would send
me
to a technician.. however I was out of normal business hours. Now I am out
on
business and when I get back it will be locked up.

I re-installed Vista and stupidly forgot to see if I still had my CD case
(which I can't find, especially that I'm gone on business for a month)..
but
I have retrieved my key, which of course says it is in use.

When I tried to do phone activation again in the daytime I didn't have
that
option anymore.. so my question is.. is there a number I can call to get
ahold of a live person to get this sorted out before I get back home so it
will activate fine?

Thanks!

Daniel

Don't know where you live, but guess this is an international toll free
number. I have had to help people do this many times with XP and now Vista.
It is like any phone answer service these day's complicated by the number
choice system but give you the auto log in or a voice.

On your screen, if you followed the "Activate Now" request on your computer
it will give you the phone number and will have nine sets of six numbers
that you either need to key in or speak in, no mean feat if you have a slow
coordination ability like me, but these are meant to identify your CD.

If you pass this test OK, but if not, you will be transferred to a voice,
who will ask you to confirm why you need to use the CD more than once (its
in the small print). It you pass muster you will need to key in the six
sets of four numbers he gives you verbally. Then "walla", you are a
legitimate user.

 

[Alias]

Hi,

I hate to kind of hijack this thread... the same thing is happening to me
now as well. I tried phone activation once.. and they said they would send me
to a technician.. however I was out of normal business hours. Now I am out on
business and when I get back it will be locked up.

I re-installed Vista and stupidly forgot to see if I still had my CD case
(which I can't find, especially that I'm gone on business for a month).. but
I have retrieved my key, which of course says it is in use.

When I tried to do phone activation again in the daytime I didn't have that
option anymore.. so my question is.. is there a number I can call to get
ahold of a live person to get this sorted out before I get back home so it
will activate fine?

Thanks!

Daniel

Sick of the activation and genuine hoops? Check out Ubuntu at
www.ubuntu.com No activation, not virus or malware prone and, best of
all FREE.

Alias

 

[Guest]

what if you don't activate does this unistall vista that installed from a cd
it was not the original for my computer. I had xp sp2

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

No, it goes into a limited use mode until you do activate. There is no
uninstalling this upgrade. There is a method of reverting to the XP
installation if a windows.old folder exists, but it is a manual process with
no guarantees.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com