You Blame Microsoft and Your IT department?
Mike, Who do you Blame for Waiting 30 days on the warning for Activation?
My Guess is George W. Bush?
Microsoft has a solution, Your IT Department has to implement it.
It wouldn't matter if you called Microsoft for support, because this nothing
they can do anyway.
Here are some Basic Details for your IT Department
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../bb335288.aspx
And weren't you Warned before you got this locked out mode?
There should have been 30 days of continued Warning for you to Activate?
Did you get the warning or just ignore it?
I don't think you can get into DOS mode after it's locked.
Is the search line there and can you put CMD in it?
More Details on Restricted Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925582
Honestly,
You really need to bring this up to your IT department, because there is
nothing Microsoft can do for this.
It's all documented.
Russ
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"Future Mac buyer" <> wrote in
message news:E4BDF1F2-88DE-4712-AA1B-...
> Mike,
>
> I blame both, but especially Microsoft for not providing the most simple
> solution to the problem -- access to the command prompt.
>
> I did suggest to the tech desk that since the contract is with the campus
> and Microsoft that they call for the solution...
>
> And in the mean time, do you know a way to call up the command prompt or
> is
> that function gone in the limited mode?
>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> Your 'name' suggests that you are blaming Windows for what is,
>> essentially a
>> deficit of knowledge on the part of campus IT. Nobody will no better than
>> them how to do it. Try getting by the receptionist to talk to an IT admin
>> on
>> campus..
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall - MVP
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>> Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> "Future Mac buyer" <Future Mac > wrote in
>> message news:CEFBF34A-2430-4562-B956-...
>> >I have Vista Enterprise that needs to be activated by the KMS server.
>> >Our
>> > campus information technology didn't give the steps to do that and now
>> > the
>> > evaluation period is over. Vista will only let me have internet access
>> > to
>> > buy a new key (of course) and I cannot get to the command prompt to
>> > activate
>> > via our KMS server. I cannot get the command prompt through the safe
>> > mode
>> > start up.
>> >
>> > Any one know how to get the command prompt when Vista is in lock-down
>> > mode?
>> >
>> > Our campus help desk was no help. Microsoft support was no help
>> > (unless I
>> > pay a substantial fee -- of course).
>> >
>>
>>