Re: Three Day Activation
- From: "Alias" <aka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 00:29:19 +0200
"Steve N." <Steve_N@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Alias wrote:
>
>> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23UIqT4hNFHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well, I decided to install a video card and uninstall my onboard
>>>>video card. I also decided to connect my hard drive to the same place
>>>>as the CD ROM, making the hard drive the master and the CD ROM the
>>>>slave. Doesn't sound like a whole lot had changed. But, lo and
>>>>behold, when I have them all installed, I reboot and get the dreaded
>>>>three day or you're f*cxked message. Fortunately, I was able to
>>>>activate online but why did this happen?
>>>
>>>Activation changes are cumulative, so if you any change since you last
>>>activated the present install on your computer, those would be changes
>>>count too.
>>
>>
>> I changed my NIC card recently and added 128MB of RAM are the only other
>> things I've done.
>
> Well, there you have it. The NIC counts for three out of the ten "votes",
> four hardware "votes" having changed is what MS says triggers a
> reactivation. Mystery solved.
I see. I didn't know that. So am I back at square one or will I have to
reactivate if I my NIC goes south again? There's new drivers for my NIC.
Should I dare to upgrade the card? Or if I upgrade my video card again? Or
add a bitching sound card (are sound cards one of the Ten Most Watched?)
Does the famous 120 days start now?
Here I am, having a bitch of a time making sure I uninstall the on board
video card before installing the new one, drivers, update drivers, move the
hard disk, change the hard disk's jumper to master, change the CDRW to
slave, rearrange the driver letters to make sense, reboot and worse than a
BSOD, the YOU HAVE THREE DAYS window pop up.
Even if it 'only' took 3 seconds to reactivate, it still didn't do my heart
much good and until it said "congratulations, you activated", those 3
seconds were an eternity. Very bad PR move this activation/validation trip.
The desktop appearing without any icons or task bar before the reactivate
window appeared was a bit of a heart stopper too.
Alias
>
>>
>>>But MANY people have reported that activation doesn't work they way it is
>>>supposed to. Driver changes and BIOS flashes have caused reactivation.
>>>
>>>People have already had problems with validation in its voluntary state.
>>>When it goes prime time, it is gonna cause havoc, as people will be
>>>blocked from getting security updates, so they'll be vulnerable longer to
>>>cyber-terrorists!
>>>
>>>--
>>>Peace!
>>>Kurt
>>
>>
>> Yeah and the PAYING customer is the one jumping through the buggy hoops,
>> not the cyber-terrorists.
>>
>> Alias
>
> Yep.
>
> Steve
.
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