Cancelling automatic activation?

I set up an oem version of Vista Home Premium on my A7N8X nforce2
motherboard - only to find out that major features (such as ethernet and 5.1
sound) aren't supported for nforce2 under Vista. It's a shame because the
processor, memory and graphics otherwise work well together to give a decent
experience.

I've looked for workarounds and I've had some success with getting 2 channel
sound but no joy with ethernet drivers.

Anyway, during setup I didn't uncheck the "automatic activation" box and now
Vista tells me that it will automatically activate in 2 days.

Is there any way I can cancel automatic activation so that I can use the
current key on another system (which I have yet to buy!)

If I upgrade the current motherboard and processor will I still be able to
use oem Vista on the current system or will the hardware changes render
render the key useless?

Btw, during installation (from XP) I noticed that the Vista install gave me
the option to do an upgrade or a full install. I thought that oem Vista only
allowed for a full/clean install?

Thanks for any help.

Gareth.

Vista is not tied to hardware like XP was - even if the automatic activation
gives you problems just call the activation number and sort it by phone.

"Gareth" <> wrote in message
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>I set up an oem version of Vista Home Premium on my A7N8X nforce2
>motherboard - only to find out that major features (such as ethernet and
>5.1 sound) aren't supported for nforce2 under Vista. It's a shame because
>the processor, memory and graphics otherwise work well together to give a
>decent experience.
>
> I've looked for workarounds and I've had some success with getting 2
> channel sound but no joy with ethernet drivers.
>
> Anyway, during setup I didn't uncheck the "automatic activation" box and
> now Vista tells me that it will automatically activate in 2 days.
>
> Is there any way I can cancel automatic activation so that I can use the
> current key on another system (which I have yet to buy!)
>
> If I upgrade the current motherboard and processor will I still be able to
> use oem Vista on the current system or will the hardware changes render
> render the key useless?
>
> Btw, during installation (from XP) I noticed that the Vista install gave
> me the option to do an upgrade or a full install. I thought that oem Vista
> only allowed for a full/clean install?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Gareth.
>

"Gareth" <> wrote in message
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>I set up an oem version of Vista Home Premium on my A7N8X nforce2
>motherboard - only to find out that major features (such as ethernet and
>5.1 sound) aren't supported for nforce2 under Vista. It's a shame because
>the processor, memory and graphics otherwise work well together to give a
>decent experience.
>
> I've looked for workarounds and I've had some success with getting 2
> channel sound but no joy with ethernet drivers.
>
> Anyway, during setup I didn't uncheck the "automatic activation" box and
> now Vista tells me that it will automatically activate in 2 days.
>
> Is there any way I can cancel automatic activation so that I can use the
> current key on another system (which I have yet to buy!)
>
> If I upgrade the current motherboard and processor will I still be able to
> use oem Vista on the current system or will the hardware changes render
> render the key useless?
>
> Btw, during installation (from XP) I noticed that the Vista install gave
> me the option to do an upgrade or a full install. I thought that oem Vista
> only allowed for a full/clean install?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Gareth.
>


Reinstall and don't make the same mistake again.

--
Jon

"Jon" <> wrote in message
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> "Gareth" <> wrote in message
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>>I set up an oem version of Vista Home Premium on my A7N8X nforce2
>>motherboard - only to find out that major features (such as ethernet and
>>5.1 sound) aren't supported for nforce2 under Vista. It's a shame because
>>the processor, memory and graphics otherwise work well together to give a
>>decent experience.
>>
>> I've looked for workarounds and I've had some success with getting 2
>> channel sound but no joy with ethernet drivers.
>>
>> Anyway, during setup I didn't uncheck the "automatic activation" box and
>> now Vista tells me that it will automatically activate in 2 days.
>>
>> Is there any way I can cancel automatic activation so that I can use the
>> current key on another system (which I have yet to buy!)
>>
>> If I upgrade the current motherboard and processor will I still be able
>> to use oem Vista on the current system or will the hardware changes
>> render render the key useless?
>>
>> Btw, during installation (from XP) I noticed that the Vista install gave
>> me the option to do an upgrade or a full install. I thought that oem
>> Vista only allowed for a full/clean install?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Gareth.
>>
>
>
> Reinstall and don't make the same mistake again.

Thanks Mac and Jon.

Yes, I think I may have to reinstall. I would have liked to avoid
reinstalling because it's taken a long time tofit various generic drivers
together to get Vista kind of working with nforce2.

There must be a registry entry that's responsible for automatic acivation.

Gareth.

Woah... why reinstall?

"Gareth" <> wrote in message
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> "Jon" <> wrote in message
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>> "Gareth" <> wrote in message
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>>>I set up an oem version of Vista Home Premium on my A7N8X nforce2
>>>motherboard - only to find out that major features (such as ethernet and
>>>5.1 sound) aren't supported for nforce2 under Vista. It's a shame because
>>>the processor, memory and graphics otherwise work well together to give a
>>>decent experience.
>>>
>>> I've looked for workarounds and I've had some success with getting 2
>>> channel sound but no joy with ethernet drivers.
>>>
>>> Anyway, during setup I didn't uncheck the "automatic activation" box and
>>> now Vista tells me that it will automatically activate in 2 days.
>>>
>>> Is there any way I can cancel automatic activation so that I can use the
>>> current key on another system (which I have yet to buy!)
>>>
>>> If I upgrade the current motherboard and processor will I still be able
>>> to use oem Vista on the current system or will the hardware changes
>>> render render the key useless?
>>>
>>> Btw, during installation (from XP) I noticed that the Vista install gave
>>> me the option to do an upgrade or a full install. I thought that oem
>>> Vista only allowed for a full/clean install?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>> Gareth.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Reinstall and don't make the same mistake again.
>
> Thanks Mac and Jon.
>
> Yes, I think I may have to reinstall. I would have liked to avoid
> reinstalling because it's taken a long time tofit various generic drivers
> together to get Vista kind of working with nforce2.
>
> There must be a registry entry that's responsible for automatic acivation.
>
> Gareth.
>