What happens after the 30 days are up and windows still aren't activated?

I tried pm'ng you but it didn't go through. Who would I need to contact? Dell? Would you have the number ready?

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This will give all the information that is needed to activate by phone, including the number
Activate Windows 7 by Phone - Windows 7 Forums
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Vista and Seven are the same.

It's checking my computer performance right now as soon as it's done I'll contact them.

I like/prefer vista over xp any day! It's a lot better and installs much quicker than xp. Vista takes like 5 minutes to install while xp takes about an hour and half to install

If worse comes to worse, Window 8 is out and they are having a great price until about October.

Yes, I am on sale until October.

If you have some spare time while the updates are installed, make sure you find the correct drivers for your computer.