"Alpine" <Alpine@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9FA08923-AA8A-4E18-B6E3-498132D0FE2C@xxxxxx
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> 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.
Because M$ wants you to prove over and over and over again that you are not
a thief.
People here have already found they have to reactivate just because they ran
Windows Update and downloaded a new device driver. This is just the new M$
anti-piracy measures at work... sort of like being pulled over by the same
cop at the exact same spot every freakin day and forced at gunpoint to prove
you didn't steal the car.
Get used to it, it will only get worse.
...and the best part of all this is, it doesn't slow the pirates down even
one little bit - they've already figured out how to circumvent this
ridiculous crap, it only inconveniences the honest users.
atta boy Ballmer. have a banana...