Re: Vista Upgrade a Slap in the Face to MS Customers
- From: Dr. Raymond Blacketer <DrRaymondBlacketer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:34:03 -0700
I tried your suggestion, and they basically told me I'd have to start all
over and I had no other options, just like Microsoft has no real customer
service.
"Curious" wrote:
Use Phone activation which is free and explain what you have done and.
hopefully they will be able to activate you installation.
"Dr. Raymond Blacketer" <DrRaymondBlacketer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:E2666183-DA5C-4656-A693-87922F2D698B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have been a Microsoft customer since the DOS days, well over twenty years
now, and I am fed up with MS. I installed an upgrade version of Vista,
using
the ridiculous method of installing it from XP, but there were problems
with
the installation. I reinstalled Vista (clean install), assuming that once
I
had activated it, I could reactivate it. That would be fair and
reasonable,
but it turns out that neither of these terms mean anything to Microsoft. I
spent an entire day restoring/reinstalling all my programs, settings, and
documents. Now, because MS says my product key is invalid, I either have
to
spend more days reinstalling and reconfiguring, or pay a few hundred bucks
or
something for a new license, or vista will stop working fully in a few
weeks.
I paid for XP (not to mention W98, WME, W95, Windos 3.0, various versions
of
DOS, Office for Dos through Office 2007, etc. etc. etc.) and I am
therefore
eligible to upgrade to vista; but MS had made it terribly complicated, and
simply wants to extract more money out of its customers, even the long
time,
loyal ones, who must be a rapidly decreasing breed.
I can understand the need to have some kind of proof that the installer
owns
a legit copy of XP, etc, but the hoops one has to jump through for a clean
install are simply ridiculous. If I had any confidence that Mac could run
the
software I need, I'd be there.
Even when I try to contact customer support, they want to charge me $60
bucks just for listening. Microsoft is damnable.
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