Good Ol Activation Problem

[Guest]

Recently purchased a brand new computer, registered online, got the
confirmation email after getting access to email again , but i am still
getting the lil pop ups saying it needs to activate and when i continue, says
key is alredy in use. I have not upgraded hardware or anything like that

do i need to get a new key

is giving me the lovely 1 day warning

 

[John Lee Brown]

If you registered the os then you still need to activate it, these are two
different things.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You can activate Vista by performing the following:

1. Click on the Start button and in the Start Search box type in: slui.exe 4
2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
3. Select your Country.
4. Follow the instructions for phone activation.
5. Once completed, restart your computer.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Recently purchased a brand new computer, registered online, got the
confirmation email after getting access to email again , but i am still
getting the lil pop ups saying it needs to activate and when i continue, says
key is alredy in use. I have not upgraded hardware or anything like that

do i need to get a new key

is giving me the lovely 1 day warning

 

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

Recently purchased a brand new computer, registered online, got the
confirmation email after getting access to email again , but i am still
getting the lil pop ups saying it needs to activate and when i continue, says
key is alredy in use. I have not upgraded hardware or anything like that

do i need to get a new key

is giving me the lovely 1 day warning

Welcome to the wonderful world of Vista Product Activation. Registering
the product is different than activating the product. Follow these
instructions quoted from the MS website below to activate your install:

When you call for activation, being an educated consumer is beneficial.
Quoted from the MS website:

http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_facts.mspx

"Mandatory Product Activation Data

* The Installation ID is unique to each product and comprises two
components:

1. Product ID. Unique to the product key used during installation
2. Hardware hash. Non-unique representation of the PC

* The country in which the product is being installed (for Office
XP and Office XP family products only)"

You are never required to provide any other info in order to get
activated. The agent is required to activate you immediately if you
phone in and provide only the product ID, hardware hash, and
occasionally the country in which the product(s) is being installed! It
is none of their business if you made hardware changes, why you are
reinstalling, etc and you do not need to answer questions like that. If
they give you a hard time, politely remind them of this policy posted on
their company's website. If still they persist, request politely to
speak to a supervisor and escalate the issue until they give YOU the
paying customer the treatment you deserve!

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Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

"Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based on
free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of the
creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer
rights in the digital age are not frivolous."
- Maura Corbett

 

[Kevin John Panzke]

Recently purchased a brand new computer, registered online, got the
confirmation email after getting access to email again , but i am still
getting the lil pop ups saying it needs to activate and when i continue, says
key is alredy in use. I have not upgraded hardware or anything like that

do i need to get a new key

is giving me the lovely 1 day warning

Re-Format Your Computer And Install Open Source Linux Ubuntu 7.10 RTW,
Just FYI.

 

[MJewell]

I have attempted to Activate Microsoft Office 2007 which was on my HP
Pavillion and it accepts my Product Key but after I close the program and
restart my computer I still get the popup requesting that I activate. I
cannot use Office now because it is on reduced funtionality. How or what am
I doing wrong here? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

MJewell

 

[Charlie Tame]

Sorry but nobody here can help, you will either have to make that phone
call or switch to another operating system and office suite.

Personally I think this behavior by Microsoft is disrespectful to their
legitimate paying customers, it is light years away from being
acceptably accurate and has already malfunctioned once costing people
$1000s in time and wasted effort. Sure it is their right to protect
their investment, and would be more tolerable if their software was
perfect, but just as they have a right to pursue this course of action
their users have a perfect right to look elsewhere, and thousands are
doing so.

So far I have had 4 installations of perfectly legitimate software
invalidated, my reaction being never mind the phone call, install Linux.
Not everyone can do that immediately of course, probably you cannot, but
people will make a lot more effort to consider it and once that decision
is made folks will not bother to switch back, why would they?

Despite the accusations of nefarious business practices I can support
Microsoft in just about every other way except this one, unfortunately
nobody seems to be listening

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The following Microsoft Web site can help you activate your 2007 Microsoft
Office system program:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA012334341033.aspx


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