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uuuh ooooh.. Vista activation.
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Name: Mattwizz3 (by mattwizz3)
Date: March 23, 2007 at 16:58:13 Pacific
Subject: uuuh ooooh.. Vista activation.OS: Vista Home BasicCPU/Ram: Sempron 2600+ / 1GbModel/Manufacturer: Custom |
Comment: When I installed Vista I activated it as soon as I installed it, the problem is I fiddled around with my CPU's clock speeds and now Vista wants me to activate it again or it will stop working in 2 days... CRAP. I tried activating it again online but it says my product key is already in use. Thats because I already activated it!! What should I do now? I would like to do this in a LEGAL way since I actually bought it legally. Any help? Mattwizz3 : ) Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra Vista Home Basic
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Response Number 1
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Name: Beginner1
Date: March 23, 2007 at 17:25:58 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Call Microsoft tech support and explain the situation, they will provide you with the correct information to activate your product again. Jim R
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Response Number 2
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Name: XpUser
Date: March 23, 2007 at 17:46:02 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)CPU Overclocking is tantamount to major hardware change. Quoted from Vista EULA: Some changes to your computer components or the software may require you to reactivate the software. The software will remind you to activate it until you do. Your only recourse may be per Beginner1 suggestion. i_XpUser
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Response Number 4
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Name: Mattwizz3 (by mattwizz3)
Date: March 24, 2007 at 01:14:43 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The reason I bought Vista Home Basic was because it was cheaper than XP Pro and only $10 more than XP Home. I actually went out to buy XP Pro but it was over $200(Australian), XP Home was $129 and Vista Home Basic was $140. It had better features than XP Home and was much closer to my budget. To be honest I don't really care about the theme, the only reason I bought windows was because I felt it was time to get "ahem" 'a more legit copy' of windows. I'll give MS a call then. Thanks Mattwizz3 : ) Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra Vista Home Basic
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Response Number 5
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Name: Mattwizz3 (by mattwizz3)
Date: March 24, 2007 at 01:40:10 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)UUUGH, MS E-mail support says my PID Number is invalid and the MS phone lines are closed. AND for some reason whenever my computer tries to open the help and support thingo I get an error that says: "Internet Explorer cannot download /from Help. Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The Requested site is unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later." Its annoying when its easer and less stressful to run an illegal version of an O/S than it is when you have a legit version. GRRR Microsoft. Mattwizz3 : ) Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra Vista Home Basic
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Response Number 8
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Name: XpUser
Date: March 24, 2007 at 14:33:11 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Closed for what - college spring break? 90% of M$ employment population consists of 90% college-age kids. Isn't it one of the "unpublished" fringe benefits why they went to work for M$? i_XpUser
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Response Number 9
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Name: 1stepbeyond
Date: March 24, 2007 at 17:05:33 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi Mattie are you using PC Tools Spyware Doctor? theres a few cases of this doing strange things to vista installs after 3 days and error code 0xC004D401 result. fiddling with bios shouldnt do anything theres plenty of OC'rs who 've already done that to no ill effect. keep on @ M$ keeps em busy.
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Response Number 10
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Name: Mattwizz3 (by mattwizz3)
Date: March 24, 2007 at 18:57:50 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Nope, only AVG and Ccleaner. YAY, thanks Sabertooth. I called the 1800 number and got it going again. If it wasn't the over clock that did it what was it? I'm thinking it could be that I did a registry clean with Ccleaner. But thats all I can think of. Thanks. Mattwizz3 : ) Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra Vista Home Basic
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