Vista - Reduced Functionality mode

I had an issue where my Vista install wouldn't activate due to a key issue.
It then expired and went into reduced mode before I could resolve the issue.
My Vista install is now activated and validated, but my start menu is still
gone and all the settings I had before are gone... any ideas on how to
recover my settings?

Woodishi wrote:
> I had an issue where my Vista install wouldn't activate due to a key issue.
> It then expired and went into reduced mode before I could resolve the issue.
> My Vista install is now activated and validated, but my start menu is still
> gone and all the settings I had before are gone... any ideas on how to
> recover my settings?
>

Yet more proof that MS' "anti piracy" programs do nothing to halt real
piracy and only server to inconvenience paying customers.

Alias

Is the activated Vista the original installation?

"Alias" <aka@aka.cl> wrote in message news:f1d7ub$as0$2@aioe.org...
> Woodishi wrote:
>> I had an issue where my Vista install wouldn't activate due to a key
>> issue. It then expired and went into reduced mode before I could resolve
>> the issue. My Vista install is now activated and validated, but my start
>> menu is still gone and all the settings I had before are gone... any
>> ideas on how to recover my settings?
>>
>
> Yet more proof that MS' "anti piracy" programs do nothing to halt real
> piracy and only server to inconvenience paying customers.
>
> Alias

A.) What "proof"?
B.) He never said he paid for it. For all you know, "resolve" could
translate to "stole at gunpoint".
C.) If you don't like it, don't buy it? Where does this sense of
entitlement come from? If you want it done right, do it yourself.

"Alias" <aka@aka.cl> wrote in message news:f1d7ub$as0$2@aioe.org...
> Woodishi wrote:
>> I had an issue where my Vista install wouldn't activate due to a key
>> issue. It then expired and went into reduced mode before I could resolve
>> the issue. My Vista install is now activated and validated, but my start
>> menu is still gone and all the settings I had before are gone... any
>> ideas on how to recover my settings?
>>
>
> Yet more proof that MS' "anti piracy" programs do nothing to halt real
> piracy and only server to inconvenience paying customers.
>
> Alias

The install was an upgrade from XP and yes it is the original. I paid for it
when I bought my new system and received an upgrade coupon.

"AJR" wrote:

> Is the activated Vista the original installation?
>
> "Alias" <aka@aka.cl> wrote in message news:f1d7ub$as0$2@aioe.org...
> > Woodishi wrote:
> >> I had an issue where my Vista install wouldn't activate due to a key
> >> issue. It then expired and went into reduced mode before I could resolve
> >> the issue. My Vista install is now activated and validated, but my start
> >> menu is still gone and all the settings I had before are gone... any
> >> ideas on how to recover my settings?
> >>
> >
> > Yet more proof that MS' "anti piracy" programs do nothing to halt real
> > piracy and only server to inconvenience paying customers.
> >
> > Alias
>
>
>

James wrote:
> A.) What "proof"?

He says, in a follow up post, that it's legit. I believe him. Do you
want to run an WGA test on his computer to make sure that he isn't a low
life lying thief?

> B.) He never said he paid for it. For all you know, "resolve" could
> translate to "stole at gunpoint".

Nice assumptions you make about people. Are you the WGA/SPP Public
Relations man?

> C.) If you don't like it, don't buy it? Where does this sense of
> entitlement come from?

The fact that I am a paying customer isn't a good reason to feel
entitled to use what I paid for with hard earned cash? Please explain.

> If you want it done right, do it yourself.

Yeah, it's the customer's fault and they're probably a hobbyist thief,
right?

Alias
>
> "Alias" <aka@aka.cl> wrote in message news:f1d7ub$as0$2@aioe.org...
>> Woodishi wrote:
>>> I had an issue where my Vista install wouldn't activate due to a key
>>> issue. It then expired and went into reduced mode before I could resolve
>>> the issue. My Vista install is now activated and validated, but my start
>>> menu is still gone and all the settings I had before are gone... any
>>> ideas on how to recover my settings?
>>>
>> Yet more proof that MS' "anti piracy" programs do nothing to halt real
>> piracy and only server to inconvenience paying customers.
>>
>> Alias
>
>