Activation problem 5342

[Malke]

Well, I got 5342 from Connect this AM and installed it. Install is still
rough, but it's beta. I needed a new product key from Connect
specifically for 5342 because it wouldn't take any of the 5270 ones.
After the installation, I tried to activate it and activation failed.
It wants a different product key! Got a second key from Connect and
still no go.

I'm not going to put any amount of time/effort into an OS that locks me
out in 14 days, so if any of you run into the issue and know how to
solve it, please do post back. I was looking forward to seeing how this
build went, too. Oh well.

Malke

 

[Malke]

Well, I got 5342 from Connect this AM and installed it. Install is
still rough, but it's beta. I needed a new product key from Connect
specifically for 5342 because it wouldn't take any of the 5270 ones.
After the installation, I tried to activate it and activation failed.
It wants a different product key! Got a second key from Connect and
still no go.

I'm not going to put any amount of time/effort into an OS that locks
me out in 14 days, so if any of you run into the issue and know how to
solve it, please do post back. I was looking forward to seeing how
this build went, too. Oh well.

Malke

Let this thread die. I realized this post should have gone in
vista.install-setup instead and have posted there.

Sorry about that,

Malke

 

[Mike Williams]

Well, I got 5342 from Connect this AM and installed it. Install is still
rough, but it's beta. I needed a new product key from Connect
specifically for 5342 because it wouldn't take any of the 5270 ones.
After the installation, I tried to activate it and activation failed.
It wants a different product key! Got a second key from Connect and
still no go.

It's a problem for everyone, and there's about a thousand me-too!
threads from everyone who discovered it on the private newsgroups <sigh>

 

[Tekguru (Daron Brewood)]

It's a problem for everyone, and there's about a thousand me-too!
threads from everyone who discovered it on the private newsgroups <sigh>

Cheers Mike, saves me from trying another install.
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[Juan T. Llibre]

I had no problem getting a 5342-specific product key from Connect.

Was that the one which didn't work for you ?
Or, did you only attempt to use the 5270 product key ?




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[Mike Williams]

I had no problem getting a 5342-specific product key from Connect.

Was that the one which didn't work for you ?

5342 key is not activating either the x86 or 64bit versions of the new
build for near-anyone I can tell. The issue is being addressed by
Microsoft after the weekend - there being no rush while there's 14 days
to activate.

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

Thanks, Mike.

I'll finish downloading tonight, and planned to install in the morning.

It's probably better to wait for the new key before installing, I guess.
It's either that or wiping out the partition and doing it all over again, right ?



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[Malke]

Thanks, Mike.

I'll finish downloading tonight, and planned to install in the
morning.

It's probably better to wait for the new key before installing, I
guess. It's either that or wiping out the partition and doing it all
over again, right ?

Well, we don't know. I don't think we'll need to wipe and do it all over
again. When you get the error message, there's a place to change your
product key so maybe a patch will do it. The key(s) you get from
Connect will work just fine for the installation. It's just the
activation that fails.

Malke

 

[Zack Whittaker \(R2 Mentor\)]

I've tried on another machine I set up in the house - also getting the
issues. I'll play with it tomorrow when I can be arsed... but I don't know
about anyone else, but I've just lost an hours sleep in the space of a
second, so already I'm not too happy... British Summertime my arse...
there's still snow on the ground outside!! :-o

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[Tekguru (Daron Brewood)]

British Summertime my arse...
there's still snow on the ground outside!! :-o

No snow but I know the feeling. I hate the time zone switch over.
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[Zack Whittaker \(R2 Mentor\)]

Where abouts do you live Daron? Presuming England of course, or at least
within the Greenwich time zone P

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[Tekguru (Daron Brewood)]

Where abouts do you live Daron? Presuming England of course, or at least
within the Greenwich time zone P

Oh about 8 miles North of Manchester. And you?

PS finally got in the beta groups so no doubt see you more in there
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[Nancy Ward]

Fat chance, Malke. Fat chance. The Beta Police are all over it like stink on
a skunk. :-}

 

[Nancy Ward]

You'll love it, Juan.

Thanks, Mike.

I'll finish downloading tonight, and planned to install in the morning.

It's probably better to wait for the new key before installing, I guess.
It's either that or wiping out the partition and doing it all over again,
right ?



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[Yeff]

You'll love it, Juan.

I wasn't feeling any love for it until I discovered my stability problems
were a result of having installed avast! anti-virus. Now it appears to be
very stable and I'm able to explore without it crashing hard enough to
require reboot every 5-10 minutes.

 

[Tekguru (Daron Brewood)]

I wasn't feeling any love for it until I discovered my stability problems
were a result of having installed avast! anti-virus. Now it appears to be
very stable and I'm able to explore without it crashing hard enough to
require reboot every 5-10 minutes.

Did you try my removal tips Jeff?
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[Yeff]

Did you try my removal tips Jeff?

No, I went with the "nuke 'em from orbit" gambit and simply formatted and
started over. I think explorer has crashed on me once but it restarted
itself, no problems. With avast! on the system I would've had to reboot
after discovering all of my programs had crashed.

I felt a bit silly afterwards because it should've occurred to me it was
something low-level screwing things up. I'd watched a lot of the Channel 9
videos and that should've clued me in that my newsreader crashing shouldn't
prevent my mail reader from doing anything. The virus scanner having
problems explained that all.

 

[Tekguru (Daron Brewood)]

The virus scanner having
problems explained that all.

Ahh. A pity you had to take that route, but at least you know you have a
squeaky clean system now

AVG registered is working perfectly for me so far.
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