Microsoft clarifies Vista activation to bit-tech hacks

This sucks. Why only 10. I reformat XP at least 3-4 times a year for fun.
They shouldn't limit this. Let us reactivate as many as we want!!


"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> For what it's worth:
>
> http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10...n_to_bit-tech/

If that is what you do for fun, I hate to see the dull stuff you do

"James Welch" <welchja2@msu.edu> wrote in message
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> This sucks. Why only 10. I reformat XP at least 3-4 times a year for fun.
> They shouldn't limit this. Let us reactivate as many as we want!!
>

"James Welch" <welchja2@msu.edu> wrote in message
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> This sucks. Why only 10. I reformat XP at least 3-4 times a year for fun.
> They shouldn't limit this. Let us reactivate as many as we want!!

Where does it say anything about that?

"Should you change the hard drive and another piece of hardware - for
example for a major upgrade such as a motherboard change that requires a
re-installation - Microsoft will allow you to re-activate up to 10 times."

If you change hardware and re-install then it is 10 times.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message
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> "James Welch" <welchja2@msu.edu> wrote in message
> news:1752F9A7-EB17-4F1F-A080-2DD3B80ECE08@microsoft.com...

>> This sucks. Why only 10. I reformat XP at least 3-4 times a year
>> for fun. They shouldn't limit this. Let us reactivate as many as we
>> want!!

>
> Where does it say anything about that?
>
> "Should you change the hard drive and another piece of hardware -
> for example for a major upgrade such as a motherboard change that
> requires a re-installation - Microsoft will allow you to re-activate
> up to 10 times."
>
> If you change hardware and re-install then it is 10 times.

It doesn't matter if you change hardware or not, at least for my XP
version.

You can install and activate an unlimited number of times, but once
activated 10 times, whether it's the same hardware or not, you can no
longer do automatic activations over the internet - I had to call and
activate by phone after my tenth installation.

Now what I do if I think a test program might trash my setup, is
install XP but not activate it until I'm sure I have everything
running just fine. The last time I did this, I had to install three
times before I had it stable enough to activate, then I call the
number and talk to the drone who gives me the long string of numbers
to activate.

Personally, I think if the hardware doesn't change, we should be able
to activate over the net an unlimited number of times. It's a hassle
calling the number all the time as it's taken up to 20mins to get
through the procedure, and sometimes the accent is so heavy and the
line quality so poor, I can't understand the numbers they read to me
the first time through.

Well Dave,

There is another place where they can you that no one has mentioned yet.
If their verification no longer thinks you are authorized, good luck on
getting
it straightened out. I had this happen to me on XP, and it cost me $35.00
for
a support call, even though I read my key to the tech, and he agreed that my
copy was genuine. It also took 3 or 4 days, during which I couldn't get any
upgrades. If this happens in Vista, you not only won't get upgrades, but
your
installation will turn itself off and you will be sol, so you will be forced
to pay
for a support call to keep from losing all access to your computer.

-- Larry Maturo


"Dave B." <mail@nomail.net> wrote in message
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> And everyone was getting their panties all knotted up before the facts
> were known, I'll take everything as heresy until it goes gold.
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:916EC9AB-55BE-41FC-A8DC-D0A086F70E28@microsoft.com...

>> For what it's worth:
>>
>> http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10...n_to_bit-tech/

>
>

Larry,
Exactly,
Another reason that SPP shouldn't even be implemented.

Jeff

"Larry Maturo" <lmaturo@imceda.com> wrote in message
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> Well Dave,
>
> There is another place where they can you that no one has mentioned yet.
> If their verification no longer thinks you are authorized, good luck on
> getting
> it straightened out. I had this happen to me on XP, and it cost me $35.00
> for
> a support call, even though I read my key to the tech, and he agreed that
> my
> copy was genuine. It also took 3 or 4 days, during which I couldn't get
> any
> upgrades. If this happens in Vista, you not only won't get upgrades, but
> your
> installation will turn itself off and you will be sol, so you will be
> forced to pay
> for a support call to keep from losing all access to your computer.
>
> -- Larry Maturo
>
>
> "Dave B." <mail@nomail.net> wrote in message
> news:OujTI$S%23GHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> And everyone was getting their panties all knotted up before the facts
>> were known, I'll take everything as heresy until it goes gold.
>>
>> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:916EC9AB-55BE-41FC-A8DC-D0A086F70E28@microsoft.com...

>>> For what it's worth:
>>>
>>> http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10...n_to_bit-tech/

>>
>>

>
>

Maybe he is a fan of the Chicago Cubs. That would be a good enough excuse..

"Dave B." <mail@nomail.net> wrote in message news:OlK8gLT%23GHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
If that is what you do for fun, I hate to see the dull stuff you do

"James Welch" <welchja2@msu.edu> wrote in message
news:1752F9A7-EB17-4F1F-A080-2DD3B80ECE08@microsoft.com...

> This sucks. Why only 10. I reformat XP at least 3-4 times a year for fun.
> They shouldn't limit this. Let us reactivate as many as we want!!
>

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:916EC9AB-55BE-41FC-A8DC-D0A086F70E28@microsoft.com...

> For what it's worth:
>
> http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10...n_to_bit-tech/