x64 Vista Ultimate Activation

[lilfields]

I bought my copy of Vista Ultimate back in June and activated it
online, but within the past few days the software keeps asking me to
Activate, but when I try to activate of course it says my key is
already in use. I know in a recent Windows Update or something of this
sort Microsoft removed the Activation lock out. However this is really
annoying and it says I have 2 days left before "automatic activation".
Is this part of the update? or is this an issue arising from the
update? Either way I would like this resolved because I have been
locked out of Vista beta (assuming there is a possibility that the
update I mentioned hasn't hit my computer yet) before and it's not a
fun experience. The weird thing is that I don't see any updates
recently from Microsoft aside from Office 2007.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Try activating by telephone:
'Activate Vista by Phone'

 

[DP]

I know in a recent Windows Update or something of this
sort Microsoft removed the Activation lock out.

I believe that will only happen in the upcoming SP1, which has not been
released to the public yet, so you probably don't have that.

As Andre said, use phone activation.

Meanwhile, have you made any changes to your hardware? Sometimes that will
cause Vista to ask for a reactivation.
(It happened to me after I added two more sticks of memory. It shouldn't
have, but it did.)

 

[Not Me]

I rearranged my RAM and made no other changes and had to reactivate.
That is a load of bull dung!
MS claims they are protecting their intellectual property, I think they have
gone too far with the BS.
Five minutes on the phone is what they claim, usually it is 10-15.
But ANY time wasted reactivating due to changing the slots the RAM is in
borders on criminal!
In an attempt to 'protect themselves' MS has become as bad as the thieves!