Vista - Problem with Vista activation

I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I tried
reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already in
use an need to use another one.

chuckd1991 wrote:
> I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
> months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
> saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I tried
> reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already in
> use an need to use another one.

Ain't it wonderful to be forced to act as a cop for Microsoft,
especially when its ineffective and flawed software says that you, the
paying customer, are a pirate?

If you're tired of this crap, why don't you check out Open Source. It's
free with no activation, no becoming "genuine", no worry about viruses
or other malware if you have a hard router firewall. Not only that, it's
free and can be copied and installed on as many computers as you like.
Check out www.ubuntu.com and www.pclinuxos.com and advance to a real
operating system.

Alias

Hello,

what if you try activating by telephone? You will be redirected to a person that will help you with your issue.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

"chuckd1991" <chuckd1991@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:376D09F3-71CB-4C05-B3CA-8DEE96B27FDE@microsoft.com...
>I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
> months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
> saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I tried
> reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already in
> use an need to use another one.

I have the same problem as you. Update installed a new driver now i have to
reactivate. £130 gone.

"chuckd1991" wrote:

> I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
> months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
> saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I tried
> reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already in
> use an need to use another one.

Oh dear Microsoft are always called the villain. You are warned one
activation but no you try two. If you follow the online advice it will guide
you to a free phone number where with a reasoned argument I had no trouble
getting activation.

As for dear little boy/girl Alias, well maybe it mummy lets it act big or
someone is paying it to be the list idiot.



--
Ian

"Drewv" <Drewv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26FB2536-5D17-409F-8556-30FEACEFC16D@microsoft.com...
>I have the same problem as you. Update installed a new driver now i have to
> reactivate. £130 gone.
>
> "chuckd1991" wrote:
>
>> I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
>> months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
>> saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I
>> tried
>> reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already
>> in
>> use an need to use another one.
>

Ian Betts wrote:
> Oh dear Microsoft are always called the villain.

It's their ineffective and flawed program.

> You are warned one
> activation but no you try two. If you follow the online advice it will
> guide you to a free phone number where with a reasoned argument I had no
> trouble getting activation.

What would an "unreasonable" argument be, pray tell?

> As for dear little boy/girl Alias, well maybe it mummy lets it act big
> or someone is paying it to be the list idiot.

Is English your first language?

Alias, whose mother died years ago.

The activation component is reporting that the key is in use simply because
you have already used that key.

When the online activation fails, you are given several options, one of
which is to telephone the activation center. Use this option and a
representative will get the system activated for you.

Make sure that you have all of the current Windows Updates installed. There
is one recent update that fixes many of the problems with product
activation.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"chuckd1991" <chuckd1991@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:376D09F3-71CB-4C05-B3CA-8DEE96B27FDE@microsoft.com...
>I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
> months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
> saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I
> tried
> reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already
> in
> use an need to use another one.

You can throw the money away if you want to, but a better solution would be
to read the activation screen when the activation fails and choose the
option to use the telephone for activation.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Drewv" <Drewv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26FB2536-5D17-409F-8556-30FEACEFC16D@microsoft.com...
>I have the same problem as you. Update installed a new driver now i have to
> reactivate. £130 gone.
>
> "chuckd1991" wrote:
>
>> I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
>> months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
>> saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I
>> tried
>> reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is already
>> in
>> use an need to use another one.

I am old enough to be your grandfather and have more common sense than you
will ever have. I have been using computers for over 30 years and teach
people Microsoft and Linux, so you are a baby in every thing or you would
not be on this list arguing like a child about what best.

If you cannot tell what is unreasonable you need to learn English
..

--
Ian

"Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
news:#tUCFCjxHHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Ian Betts wrote:
>> Oh dear Microsoft are always called the villain.
>
> It's their ineffective and flawed program.
>
>> You are warned one activation but no you try two. If you follow the
>> online advice it will guide you to a free phone number where with a
>> reasoned argument I had no trouble getting activation.
>
> What would an "unreasonable" argument be, pray tell?
>
>> As for dear little boy/girl Alias, well maybe it mummy lets it act big or
>> someone is paying it to be the list idiot.
>
> Is English your first language?
>
> Alias, whose mother died years ago.
>

You can go on telling people what to do but if they will not take advise?



--
Ian

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
news:68471378-C1B1-4995-982A-4B944DF382A3@microsoft.com...
> You can throw the money away if you want to, but a better solution would
> be to read the activation screen when the activation fails and choose the
> option to use the telephone for activation.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Drewv" <Drewv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:26FB2536-5D17-409F-8556-30FEACEFC16D@microsoft.com...
>>I have the same problem as you. Update installed a new driver now i have
>>to
>> reactivate. £130 gone.
>>
>> "chuckd1991" wrote:
>>
>>> I activated the copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade I purchased a couple
>>> months ago, right after I installed it. Last night a message popped up
>>> saying I have three days left to activate or it will stop working. I
>>> tried
>>> reentering the product key but I get a message saying that key is
>>> already in
>>> use an need to use another one.
>
>