Vista is asking for reactivation!

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You usually have to reactivate after several hardware changes. Use
telephone activation if you are having problems with the web activation.
Explain the situation. If you installed the OEM version, changing MOBO is a
violation of that agreement, if you have a retail (either full or upgrade)
they will walk you thru the reactivation.
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I bought more memory and installed a better video card and suddenly I
am advised my system has been de-activated.

I called the telephone number provided, then read the 9 groups of
numbers only to be told at the end IT can't activate and that the call
needs to be transferred to a person. I wait and wait and wait some
more, finally a female with an accent from Pakistsan answers, asks me
if I am calling to activate and when I say yes, she tells me they are
doing somehting to their system and to call back in half an hour.

I am really regretting that I bought Vista.

Al
 
Alfred said:
I bought more memory and installed a better video card and suddenly I
am advised my system has been de-activated.

I called the telephone number provided, then read the 9 groups of
numbers only to be told at the end IT can't activate and that the call
needs to be transferred to a person. I wait and wait and wait some
more, finally a female with an accent from Pakistsan answers, asks me
if I am calling to activate and when I say yes, she tells me they are
doing somehting to their system and to call back in half an hour.

I am really regretting that I bought Vista.

Al
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Hi Al, I'm sorry you ran into trouble.

This is yet another example of how buggy DRM like WPA and WGA do not
prevent piracy, but do cause problems for paying customers, in addition
to treating them like criminals.

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Hi Al, I'm sorry you ran into trouble.

This is yet another example of how buggy DRM like WPA and WGA do not
prevent piracy, but do cause problems for paying customers, in addition
to treating them like criminals.
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It worked better the second time around but I still don't like the
prospect of having to call them each time I change something on my
system. I wonder what will happen when I install the HD DVD drive?

Al
 
Alfred said:
It worked better the second time around but I still don't like the
prospect of having to call them each time I change something on my
system. I wonder what will happen when I install the HD DVD drive?

Al
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The best advice I can give you if you choose to stay with windows is to
try to make all of your changes you plan to make (or as many as
possible) at once, so you end up making less activation calls vs. the
amount of upgrades you do. Also, be informed about phone in activation
and what information is required vs. what is not required. You would be
surprised I think if you knew the only info required for a reactivation:

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)

Voluntary Product Registration Data (for some products)

* Name, company name and address
* Phone and e-mail"

and anything else they ask for is voluntary and you do not need to
asnwer any other questions or provide any other info. If they press
you, politely request to speak to their supervisor.

The best advice I can give you is to look at alternatives which do not
have DRM in them (I hear Ubuntu comes highly recommended).

Hope this helps and good luck.


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Probably another call for the HD if it is the one that Vista is installed
on. DVD probably not.
 
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