Vista - Unbelievable Vista reactivation sensitivity

I can't believe how sensitive Vista is to changes now with respect to
re-activation ...

Get this - I installed an approved SATA driver update from Windows Update
and that was sufficient for invalidation of my existing license. No hardware
change - nada - just a simple driver update. Of course re-activation then
wouldn't work as the product was in use, so I then had to phone the help
line to re-activate.

If this is anything to go by I'm going to be spending more time on the phone
to MS activation support line than using the PC! I think they've gone well
overboard on this one ...

"nmw" <n_m_white@msn.com> wrote in message
news:FBD3679B-9A19-40B4-AE2A-CBD8F620984D@microsoft.com...
>I can't believe how sensitive Vista is to changes now with respect to
>re-activation ...
>
> Get this - I installed an approved SATA driver update from Windows Update
> and that was sufficient for invalidation of my existing license. No
> hardware change - nada - just a simple driver update. Of course
> re-activation then wouldn't work as the product was in use, so I then had
> to phone the help line to re-activate.
>
> If this is anything to go by I'm going to be spending more time on the
> phone to MS activation support line than using the PC! I think they've
> gone well overboard on this one ...

Couple of similar complaints here yesterday. I don't think its a case of MS
going overboard, I think the activation is just wrongly too sensitive at
this early stage. I would expect a patch soon for this.

Maybe this article applies to your situation:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931573


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"nmw" <n_m_white@msn.com> wrote in message
news:FBD3679B-9A19-40B4-AE2A-CBD8F620984D@microsoft.com...
>I can't believe how sensitive Vista is to changes now with respect to
>re-activation ...
>
> Get this - I installed an approved SATA driver update from Windows Update
> and that was sufficient for invalidation of my existing license. No
> hardware change - nada - just a simple driver update. Of course
> re-activation then wouldn't work as the product was in use, so I then had
> to phone the help line to re-activate.
>
> If this is anything to go by I'm going to be spending more time on the
> phone to MS activation support line than using the PC! I think they've
> gone well overboard on this one ...

"Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:OAO2w$gRHHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Maybe this article applies to your situation:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931573
>

Ah I had this update come through this morning. Hopefully they have now
fixed the issue.

In article <uJZOfGhRHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Beck says...
>
> "Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:OAO2w$gRHHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Maybe this article applies to your situation:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931573
> >
>
> Ah I had this update come through this morning. Hopefully they have now
> fixed the issue.
>
>
Likewise.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

In article <OAO2w$gRHHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Keith Miller MVP
says...
> Maybe this article applies to your situation:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931573
>
Interesting. When going to the Validation page in Firefox, it now
offers a plugin!

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

They really don't have a solution yet other than calling them on the
telephone and my telephone is Skype (would not work) or an expensive cell
phone.

They better fix this problem quick, some companies like ATI have new device
drivers monthly!

Al



"Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:OAO2w$gRHHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Maybe this article applies to your situation:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931573
>
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
>
> "nmw" <n_m_white@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:FBD3679B-9A19-40B4-AE2A-CBD8F620984D@microsoft.com...
>>I can't believe how sensitive Vista is to changes now with respect to
>>re-activation ...
>>
>> Get this - I installed an approved SATA driver update from Windows Update
>> and that was sufficient for invalidation of my existing license. No
>> hardware change - nada - just a simple driver update. Of course
>> re-activation then wouldn't work as the product was in use, so I then had
>> to phone the help line to re-activate.
>>
>> If this is anything to go by I'm going to be spending more time on the
>> phone to MS activation support line than using the PC! I think they've
>> gone well overboard on this one ...
>

Does look similar - the only caveat I guess is that it implies there's a fix
in Windows Update but if so either it's not a fix, or it's only specific to
the product referenced.

Fix KB931573 was the second one that went into my system, a full 24h prior
to applying the SATA update which prompted a re-activation.

I must admit I found the conditions upon which re-activation can be prompted
amusing though:

.. You install a device driver.
.. You install a program.
.. You run a new program.
.. You remove a program

"nmw" <n_m_white@msn.com> wrote in message
news:FBD3679B-9A19-40B4-AE2A-CBD8F620984D@microsoft.com...
>I can't believe how sensitive Vista is to changes now with respect to
>re-activation ...
>
> Get this - I installed an approved SATA driver update from Windows Update
> and that was sufficient for invalidation of my existing license. No
> hardware change - nada - just a simple driver update. Of course
> re-activation then wouldn't work as the product was in use, so I then had
> to phone the help line to re-activate.
>
> If this is anything to go by I'm going to be spending more time on the
> phone to MS activation support line than using the PC! I think they've
> gone well overboard on this one ...

Well, I updated the BIOS on my motherboard (Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal) from
version F2 to version F6. I'm multi-booting with XP, Windows Server 2003
and Vista. Of all the OS installations on this computer (about 8
altogether), Vista was the ONLY installation that did NOT require
re-activation.

So, I'd say "it depends".

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/
It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.


"nmw" <n_m_white@msn.com> wrote in message
news:FBD3679B-9A19-40B4-AE2A-CBD8F620984D@microsoft.com...
>I can't believe how sensitive Vista is to changes now with respect to
>re-activation ...
>
> Get this - I installed an approved SATA driver update from Windows Update
> and that was sufficient for invalidation of my existing license. No
> hardware change - nada - just a simple driver update. Of course
> re-activation then wouldn't work as the product was in use, so I then had
> to phone the help line to re-activate.
>
> If this is anything to go by I'm going to be spending more time on the
> phone to MS activation support line than using the PC! I think they've
> gone well overboard on this one ...

Same thing here,
All I did was overclock my cpu by the 10% option in bios and I had to
re-activate.
That is rediculous!

"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
news:O2YzoTgRHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> "nmw" <n_m_white@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:FBD3679B-9A19-40B4-AE2A-CBD8F620984D@microsoft.com...
>>I can't believe how sensitive Vista is to changes now with respect to
>>re-activation ...
>>
>> Get this - I installed an approved SATA driver update from Windows Update
>> and that was sufficient for invalidation of my existing license. No
>> hardware change - nada - just a simple driver update. Of course
>> re-activation then wouldn't work as the product was in use, so I then had
>> to phone the help line to re-activate.
>>
>> If this is anything to go by I'm going to be spending more time on the
>> phone to MS activation support line than using the PC! I think they've
>> gone well overboard on this one ...
>
> Couple of similar complaints here yesterday. I don't think its a case of
> MS going overboard, I think the activation is just wrongly too sensitive
> at this early stage. I would expect a patch soon for this.