"Chad Harris" wrote:
>
> Shelby--
>
> There are ways to renew the 30 day period, but I suspect you're beyond that.
> We've posted them many times on this and the general group. Your post isn't
> clear and I'll tell you why.
>
Your assumption is incorrect. I'm currently 3 days into a _clean_ install
(the _third_ one) on a system I built a week ago. I've haven't attempted to
activate my copy of Vista because of the problem I'm experiencing.
> You say you have a legit Vista sitting on the shelf you acquired from the PT
> offer. You obviously are complaining about a Vista setup on that box that
> has gone into reduced functionality mode and ironically, you're trying to
> evaluate whether to use the Power Together Vista that is legit by using
> what?
>
I'm evaluating whether Vista (Business edition obviously as that was the
version the PT promo gave out) is going to be problematic (more specifically
if driver support is problematic) or not on my hardware or if I should
purchase an oem version of XP instead. Obviously, I'd like to save money if
possible but I don't want to waste this license of Vista by activating it on
my system if Vista isn't going to run well. So far, the issue I'm
experiencing is a deal-breaker unless a solution for my problem becomes
apparent.
> So if that is an issue for you, it has to do with what you have on the box
> and what product key you put in or how you activated it.
>
> To me this doesn't make sense. You have a non-working Vista on the box that
> you think is in reduced functionality mode (meaning you can do next to
> nothing with it). Why not put in that PT Biz and format and install it.
> Evaluate Vista by using Vista. You don't make mention of XP on that
> particular box.
>
> 1) Shelby is using a Beta?
> 2) Shelby has a non-legit copy that went into reduced functionality mode?
>
1) I think my original post clearly states the copy of Vista I'm using was
received from the PT promo.
2) Why would my copy of Vista from the PT promotional be non-legit?
> I'd like to help but I need a post that tells me what's really going on
> Shelby.
>
What is going on is that I have a fresh install of Vista Business on a
system I built that is well within the 30 day evaluation period that
_appears_ to be switching to some sort of reduced functionality mode where I
can still run installed third-party applications yet things like the control
panel, windows welcome center, personalize desktop, etc refuse to open. The
crux of the issue is the fact that once I stop and restart the software
licensing service everything starts working normally and this leads me to
believe that this issue is somehow related to Vista's anti-piracy features.
> Vista legit doesn't go into reduced functionality mode lol "without telling
> you." And no offense but if you have a Vista that is going to go into
To respond in kind, "LOL RITE". It is clearly _impossible_ that a software
product as complex as Vista could have a _bug_ and Microsoft has _never_,
_ever_ had any bugs or problems with WGA in the past.
Why don't you check out this newsgroup post where someone is having the
_exact_ _same_ _issue_ I'm describing (in fact this was how I figured out
that restarting the SL service as a work-around) with the only material
difference being they've _already_ _activated_ their copy of Vista:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...4bc805669d7932
>
> If you think that there are a known percent of Vista legits that go into
> reduced functionailty mode, it's a problem I feared would happen given the
> erratic WGA performance for a year before Vista RTM'd but hasn't been
> reported widely on the web.
>
I'm not making accusations here and I'm only reporting my experiences. I
find it very difficult to believe that my issue isn't related to Vista's
anti-piracy features since restarting the SL services fixes the issue but
I'll at least admit that there is a possibility that I'm wrong where you seem
to believe that the chances that I'm right is zero.
I'm obviously not the only person experiencing this issue and that is enough
for me regardless of whether or not you believe my issue is related to
Vista's anti-piracy features. Personally, I don't care about anything other
than figuring out the cause of this issue is so that I can utilize the free
copy of Vista I received from the PT promo as opposed to shelling out cash
for an oem version of XP.
Regards,
Shelby Cain