Vista Enterprise Activation

So, yeah... Obviously, I can't activate the 'ole Windows Vista. Yet another
Micro$haft product with bugs in it.

I tried online activation, which gives me the error code:
0x8007232C
DNS request not supported by name server.

How do I found out which name server it could possibly be!? Using the name
server request seems a bit redundant. Why did they opt for a DNS request,
instead of using a static server?

Second: I tried 'slui.exe 4' and no go... The drop-down box stays gray with
'Afghanistan' as the active selection. How can I bypass the locked drop-down
box and get a number?

If my ISP is blocking DNS requests, why should they trust someone and allow
that traffic, when it's obviously being blocked for security reasons!?
Obviously, Micro$haft didn't think this one through...