Carey,
Thank you for the response and as I mentioned in my original post, I am
aware of the phone activation/prorcess to activate Windows.
My question/concern here is as to WHY this happened and WHY is it needed.
It's just another PIA to deal with that shouldn't be necesary when you go
ahead and purchase legitimate software, don't do anything 'crafty' with it,
and you still get penalized with another time waster (because we all have
extra time on our hands we don't know what to do with) so that I can
re-activate my copy of Windows, on my own machine, that I didn't do anything
'crafty' with.
Activation, like keys for locks only keep the honest people out.
Those that choose to circumvent these systems, for whatever reason, are
going to regardless.
Oh well... I'll re-activate...
Thanks again.
Joe
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
Quote:
> Without a complete analysis of you recent installation
> log files, there is no way to determine why you are
> prompted for re-activation. However, there is a solution:
>
> You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which
> Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License or OEM installation:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;931573
>
> You can reset your Windows Vista activation by performing the following:
>
> 1. Click on the Start button and in the Start Search box type in: slui.exe 4
>
> 2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
>
> 3. Select your Country.
>
> 4. Follow the instructions for phone activation.
>
> 5. Once completed, restart your computer.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Alpine" wrote:
>
> Greets,
>
> I have had my computer for nearly 6 months, and a couple days ago right
> after statup, I get the windows popup "windows could not activate" and then
> something along the lines of "click here for troubleshooting".
>
> So when I get back into Windows Activation it's giving me 30 days to
> activate and it won't activate on-line.
>
> I have been through the various activation related issues with other
> machines but not with this one.
>
> Why did this happen?
>
> Is Vista requireing multiple activations over periods of time?
>
> Before I go through the phone activation, I wanted to know more as to why
> this even happened.
>
> Just for basics:
>
> I did NOT get a new computer, change hardware (it's a notebook) and i have
> not installed vista elswhere, and my copy is a legitimate copy which I have
> not copied/lent out to others.
>
> Thanks for any and all input.
>
> Joe
>