Joannie

Hi noel,
I have a question for you. I installed vista from a copy cd and now I now
they want me to set the activation I have 7 days to do that this copy is on
another computer in the house that was installed when bought.
The question is what if I don't activate what will happen then to the
computer it is originally on. and will vista stop working on my machine.
thanks
--
JoAnne


"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Noel
>
> There is no "de-activation".
>
> The way activation works is that when you activate with a particular product
> key, that information is kept in the activation servers at Microsoft. The
> activation information is reset on the activation servers every 120 days. If
> you activate again before 120 days has passed, the automatic internet
> activation will fail and you will be required to use the telephone to
> re-activate. If it has been more than 120 days, the automatic internet
> activation will work.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Noel" <Noel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F4DF54CF-881B-4F9B-BFBF-738C9B11EA91@microsoft.com...
> > Hello, I put together a new machine and decided to put Vista on it; anyway
> > the raid drivers were a littel flaky and my drives corrupted. I had to
> > recreate the array.
> >
> > I wasn't able to reactivate, the internet activation failed, even though
> > there were no changes to the machine (except the raid volume was
> > recreated);
> > using the phone system worked.
> >
> > To avoid this in the future (ie what if my drives fail and I have to
> > reinstall) how do I
> > "De-Activate" Vista?
> >
> >
>