system services

[john]

I am so tired of the crap I'm getting from microsoft. I ask this question
and no one helps, I go to start an email support and it tells me my ID is
invalid. I call microsoft up to get another activation number and go back to
start an email support and it still tells me I have an invalid number. Plus
the number that is listed in the system folder is an OEM number and the
number on the bottom of my laptop is completely different. I tried both
those numbers and it said it was invalid, that is why I called microsoft and
that number is no where to be found and it still says it's invalid.

I will not pay for support, I will not buy vista either. If I have to I
will buy a MAC. I will just live with the error. I will not call support
either for 2 reasons, one it would take too long to go through the problem,
and 2 I'm tired of getting these foreign people on the phone whom I can't
understand, I have to strain to hear and understand what their saying.

 

[john]

HELLO............ that's what I just said. The product number on the laptop
and the number on the bottom of the laptop are different. I tried both of
those to get through email support and it said it was invalid. I then CALLED
microsoft to ACTIVATE vista again and email support still said the number was
invalid. Don't you people read right, or maybe your reading every other word.

John

 

[David Sanders]

I am so tired of the crap I'm getting from microsoft. I ask this question
and no one helps, I go to start an email support and it tells me my ID is
invalid. I call microsoft up to get another activation number and go back to
start an email support and it still tells me I have an invalid number. Plus
the number that is listed in the system folder is an OEM number and the
number on the bottom of my laptop is completely different. I tried both
those numbers and it said it was invalid, that is why I called microsoft and
that number is no where to be found and it still says it's invalid.

I will not pay for support, I will not buy vista either. If I have to I
will buy a MAC. I will just live with the error. I will not call support
either for 2 reasons, one it would take too long to go through the problem,
and 2 I'm tired of getting these foreign people on the phone whom I can't
understand, I have to strain to hear and understand what their saying.

You need to talk to whomever sold you the laptop with bogus numbers. No
one here can solve that problem.

 

[john]

okay the number on the bottom of the laptop is the product key, the number
microsoft asks for in the email support is the product ID. Here is a photo
of what I get, http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/5/26/37340/sshot-1.jpg

John

 

[Jim]

I am so tired of the crap I'm getting from microsoft. I ask this question
and no one helps, I go to start an email support and it tells me my ID is
invalid. I call microsoft up to get another activation number and go back
to
start an email support and it still tells me I have an invalid number.
Plus
the number that is listed in the system folder is an OEM number and the
number on the bottom of my laptop is completely different. I tried both
those numbers and it said it was invalid, that is why I called microsoft
and
that number is no where to be found and it still says it's invalid.

I will not pay for support, I will not buy vista either. If I have to I
will buy a MAC. I will just live with the error. I will not call support
either for 2 reasons, one it would take too long to go through the
problem,
and 2 I'm tired of getting these foreign people on the phone whom I can't
understand, I have to strain to hear and understand what their saying.

The product ID is not the same as the product key. To find your product key
right click computer and properties and it should be there.

 

[DP]

HELLO............ that's what I just said. The product number on the
laptop
and the number on the bottom of the laptop are different. I tried both of
those to get through email support and it said it was invalid. I then
CALLED
microsoft to ACTIVATE vista again and email support still said the number
was
invalid. Don't you people read right, or maybe your reading every other
word.

Go away, please.

 

[john]

I know Jim that's what I said, the number on the bottom is the product key
and the number that's in the picture is the product ID. Microsoft is telling
me that product ID (the picture) is invalid.

 

[Jane C]

Hello John,

Your Product ID is correct, but as it is an OEM installation, any product
support has to be obtained through the OEM, ie Gateway, Dell. Per their
agreement with Microsoft, the OEM has the responsibility for all support,
and that is the reason that your Product ID will show as "invalid" on the
Microsoft support site.

 

[Jim]

I know Jim that's what I said, the number on the bottom is the product key
and the number that's in the picture is the product ID. Microsoft is
telling
me that product ID (the picture) is invalid.

If Vista was pre- installed on your laptop (oem) then support comes from the
manufacturer, not Microsoft.

 

[john]

How can the manufacturer tell me what's wrong with system services and the
error I get?

 

[Jim]

How can the manufacturer tell me what's wrong with system services and the
error I get?

Call them (or email) and find out.
OR
You could post a question here. I would suggest however, not bitching and
moaning and not belittling the people who are trying to help you.

 

[john]

Jim I was bitching because no one was helping me. I was posting this
question over a week at the newsgroups and must have posted it 2-3 different
times.

My question is that when I go into the system services and say I want to
disable a service, I right click and this error comes up: Configuration
manager: A required entry in the registry is missing or an attempt to write
to the registry failed. Then I click the close button and the services box
comes up anyway and I can do whatever, like disable it or set it to manual.

Before you ask why I'm doing that it's because I do some tweaking so not too
many services that I don't need aren't running. It was working fine until
about the 17th is when I noticed it that I was getting that error. I also
went back and set the services all back to their default settings and that
didn't help either.

 

[Jim]

Jim I was bitching because no one was helping me. I was posting this
question over a week at the newsgroups and must have posted it 2-3
different
times.

My question is that when I go into the system services and say I want to
disable a service, I right click and this error comes up: Configuration
manager: A required entry in the registry is missing or an attempt to
write
to the registry failed. Then I click the close button and the services
box
comes up anyway and I can do whatever, like disable it or set it to
manual.

Before you ask why I'm doing that it's because I do some tweaking so not
too
many services that I don't need aren't running. It was working fine until
about the 17th is when I noticed it that I was getting that error. I also
went back and set the services all back to their default settings and that
didn't help either.

I understand the frustration you have. Sometimes people just don't have an
answer for you. Sometimes your question just gets lost in the shuffle. I
have no answer for you. Start a new thread with your problem and hopefully
someone will come up with a solution for you.