Re: activation

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:02:31 -0700

    You're trying to use a pirated OEM installation CD. Purchase a
legitimate license for the new computer and perform a clean
installation. 

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"Captain James T. Kirk" <CaptainJamesTKirk@discussions.microsoft.com> 
wrote in message 
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> yeah, i recently had a computer built for me and we used the old os 
> homexp
> disk from the dell that fried. havent had any problems. then i found 
> out they
> put wrong mb in. so they swapped it out. and reformatted and 
> reinstalled
> windows again. ran all the updates and activated it. so jus the 
> other day
> while logging on a popup said i needed to activate. so i hit yes. 
> went to
> destop and another popup came up saying it already was. well, it 
> started on 7
> days. and i let it count down to 3 days and after talkin to some 
> guys about
> several diff. crashes i had and this activation thing they told me 
> to
> reformat reinstall. so i did. and all was as it should be. the 
> little popup
> telling me i had 30 days. so after getting most stff on and av 
> updated and
> started on windows updates. when i got down to the last 4 
> criticals/h pri.
> updates and installed and rebooted i started to go online again and 
> a popup
> came up saying windows was already activated again.and the 30 day 
> thing
> dissappeared off taskbar. man, i dont know whats goin on but i hope 
> someone
> can tell me. cant get ms to help since its a oem disk. cant call 
> dell cuz now
> its in another system. nothin wrong with os disk its the darn 
> activation
> thing. and in my opinion thats ms's responsibility. i need answers 
> and help.

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