Genuine?

Ok here goes, I have 2 hard disks in my machine (home built)
The newer one is faster (16 meg cache and NCQ) I wanted to run vista from
that disk.
So I installed it and all went swimmingly until I rebooted (I had to
activate over the phone as my previous install was done online) then I got a
message saying (rather annoyingly, may I add, as this is a legal copy bought
by myself) stating "You may be a victim of counterfeiting" I do the
activation process in IE and it comes back as valid and as if to say "Were
sorry we ever doubted you, loyal customer"
BUT THEN it still refuses to run aero and nothing works, reboot, do it again
and still nothing works and still it says Im a victim of counterfeiting.
What do I do?
I dont have a phone anymore to reactivate a clean install, so thats out of
the question, Do I contact MS about this, is this a screwup on their end, or
do I (like a lot of things with MS, it depends on the weather) just need to
keep trying on a cold dark stormy night?
Yours truly, Mark

MrMe01 wrote:
> Ok here goes, I have 2 hard disks in my machine (home built)
> The newer one is faster (16 meg cache and NCQ) I wanted to run vista from
> that disk.
> So I installed it and all went swimmingly until I rebooted (I had to
> activate over the phone as my previous install was done online) then I got a
> message saying (rather annoyingly, may I add, as this is a legal copy bought
> by myself) stating "You may be a victim of counterfeiting" I do the
> activation process in IE and it comes back as valid and as if to say "Were
> sorry we ever doubted you, loyal customer"
> BUT THEN it still refuses to run aero and nothing works, reboot, do it again
> and still nothing works and still it says Im a victim of counterfeiting.
> What do I do?
> I dont have a phone anymore to reactivate a clean install, so thats out of
> the question, Do I contact MS about this, is this a screwup on their end, or
> do I (like a lot of things with MS, it depends on the weather) just need to
> keep trying on a cold dark stormy night?
> Yours truly, Mark

The only way you *may* get it activated is to phone MS and grovel.

Tired of this crap? Try Ubuntu, www.ubuntu.com, no activation, no
becoming genuine, can be installed on as many computers as you like and
it's FREE. It comes with access to over 25,000 free and commercial
(mostly free) programs. You can run the Live CD to make sure your
hardware is compatible. Either download it and burn it to a CD or order
the CD and they will even pay the postage!

Alias

You have NO phone - at all!!!???

How can you survive. What if you need an ambulance or police assistance?

Just pick up the phone and dial the number when it is presented to you. Wait
for a live person.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"MrMe01" <> wrote in message
news:2AEEFA25-B88C-46C6-ADB2-...
> Ok here goes, I have 2 hard disks in my machine (home built)
> The newer one is faster (16 meg cache and NCQ) I wanted to run vista from
> that disk.
> So I installed it and all went swimmingly until I rebooted (I had to
> activate over the phone as my previous install was done online) then I got
> a
> message saying (rather annoyingly, may I add, as this is a legal copy
> bought
> by myself) stating "You may be a victim of counterfeiting" I do the
> activation process in IE and it comes back as valid and as if to say "Were
> sorry we ever doubted you, loyal customer"
> BUT THEN it still refuses to run aero and nothing works, reboot, do it
> again
> and still nothing works and still it says Im a victim of counterfeiting.
> What do I do?
> I dont have a phone anymore to reactivate a clean install, so thats out of
> the question, Do I contact MS about this, is this a screwup on their end,
> or
> do I (like a lot of things with MS, it depends on the weather) just need
> to
> keep trying on a cold dark stormy night?
> Yours truly, Mark

In message <fhk4oo$78a$> Alias <> wrote:

>The only way you *may* get it activated is to phone MS and grovel.
>
>Tired of this crap? Try Ubuntu, www.ubuntu.com, no activation, no
>becoming genuine, can be installed on as many computers as you like and
>it's FREE. It comes with access to over 25,000 free and commercial
>(mostly free) programs. You can run the Live CD to make sure your
>hardware is compatible. Either download it and burn it to a CD or order
>the CD and they will even pay the postage!

Then once you're ready to have your applications work again, pop your
Vista DVD back in the drive and you're up and running shortly.

You can activate Vista by performing the following:

1. Click on the Start button and in the Start Search box type in: slui.exe 4
2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
3. Select your Country.
4. Follow the instructions for phone activation.
5. Once completed, restart your computer.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

---------------------------------------------------------------

"MrMe01" wrote:

Ok here goes, I have 2 hard disks in my machine (home built)
The newer one is faster (16 meg cache and NCQ) I wanted to run vista from
that disk.
So I installed it and all went swimmingly until I rebooted (I had to
activate over the phone as my previous install was done online) then I got a
message saying (rather annoyingly, may I add, as this is a legal copy bought
by myself) stating "You may be a victim of counterfeiting" I do the
activation process in IE and it comes back as valid and as if to say "Were
sorry we ever doubted you, loyal customer"
BUT THEN it still refuses to run aero and nothing works, reboot, do it again
and still nothing works and still it says Im a victim of counterfeiting.
What do I do?
I dont have a phone anymore to reactivate a clean install, so thats out of
the question, Do I contact MS about this, is this a screwup on their end, or
do I (like a lot of things with MS, it depends on the weather) just need to
keep trying on a cold dark stormy night?
Yours truly, Mark

Or borrow someones Cell phone, I hear about 3 billion persons own one, they
are not that scarce.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You have NO phone - at all!!!???
>
> How can you survive. What if you need an ambulance or police assistance?
>
> Just pick up the phone and dial the number when it is presented to you.
> Wait for a live person.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "MrMe01" <> wrote in message
> news:2AEEFA25-B88C-46C6-ADB2-...
>> Ok here goes, I have 2 hard disks in my machine (home built)
>> The newer one is faster (16 meg cache and NCQ) I wanted to run vista from
>> that disk.
>> So I installed it and all went swimmingly until I rebooted (I had to
>> activate over the phone as my previous install was done online) then I
>> got a
>> message saying (rather annoyingly, may I add, as this is a legal copy
>> bought
>> by myself) stating "You may be a victim of counterfeiting" I do the
>> activation process in IE and it comes back as valid and as if to say
>> "Were
>> sorry we ever doubted you, loyal customer"
>> BUT THEN it still refuses to run aero and nothing works, reboot, do it
>> again
>> and still nothing works and still it says Im a victim of counterfeiting.
>> What do I do?
>> I dont have a phone anymore to reactivate a clean install, so thats out
>> of
>> the question, Do I contact MS about this, is this a screwup on their end,
>> or
>> do I (like a lot of things with MS, it depends on the weather) just
>> need to
>> keep trying on a cold dark stormy night?
>> Yours truly, Mark
>

DevilsPGD wrote:
> In message <fhk4oo$78a$> Alias <> wrote:
>
>> The only way you *may* get it activated is to phone MS and grovel.
>>
>> Tired of this crap? Try Ubuntu, www.ubuntu.com, no activation, no
>> becoming genuine, can be installed on as many computers as you like and
>> it's FREE. It comes with access to over 25,000 free and commercial
>> (mostly free) programs. You can run the Live CD to make sure your
>> hardware is compatible. Either download it and burn it to a CD or order
>> the CD and they will even pay the postage!
>
> Then once you're ready to have your applications work again, pop your
> Vista DVD back in the drive and you're up and running shortly.

The OP hasn't got a phone to be able to grovel to the activation person
so how will they be "up and running shortly"?

Alias

Alias wrote:

> DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>> In message <fhk4oo$78a$> Alias <> wrote:
>>
>>> The only way you *may* get it activated is to phone MS and grovel.
>>>
>>> Tired of this crap? Try Ubuntu, www.ubuntu.com, no activation, no
>>> becoming genuine, can be installed on as many computers as you like
>>> and it's FREE. It comes with access to over 25,000 free and
>>> commercial (mostly free) programs. You can run the Live CD to make
>>> sure your hardware is compatible. Either download it and burn it to a
>>> CD or order the CD and they will even pay the postage!
>>
>>
>> Then once you're ready to have your applications work again, pop your
>> Vista DVD back in the drive and you're up and running shortly.
>
>
> The OP hasn't got a phone to be able to grovel to the activation person
> so how will they be "up and running shortly"?
>
> Alias

"Grovel"? Not like he has to kiss RS's hairy arse, like you linux
minions do in order to be accepted into the open spores chapel of bs.
Get a life you fukkin linux lovin loser troll.
Frank

Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> DevilsPGD wrote:
>>
>>> In message <fhk4oo$78a$> Alias <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The only way you *may* get it activated is to phone MS and grovel.
>>>>
>>>> Tired of this crap? Try Ubuntu, www.ubuntu.com, no activation, no
>>>> becoming genuine, can be installed on as many computers as you like
>>>> and it's FREE. It comes with access to over 25,000 free and
>>>> commercial (mostly free) programs. You can run the Live CD to make
>>>> sure your hardware is compatible. Either download it and burn it to
>>>> a CD or order the CD and they will even pay the postage!
>>>
>>>
>>> Then once you're ready to have your applications work again, pop your
>>> Vista DVD back in the drive and you're up and running shortly.
>>
>>
>> The OP hasn't got a phone to be able to grovel to the activation
>> person so how will they be "up and running shortly"?
>>
>> Alias
>
> "Grovel"? Not like he has to kiss RS's hairy arse, like you linux
> minions do in order to be accepted into the open spores chapel of bs.
> Get a life you fukkin linux lovin loser troll.
> Frank

There's no activation with Ubuntu. Nobody to call up to ask permission
to use it, Frank. I thought you said you installed it. Lying again?

Alias, not expecting Frank to comprehend.

"Alias" <> wrote in message news:fhkf06$atp$...
> DevilsPGD wrote:
>> In message <fhk4oo$78a$> Alias <> wrote:
>>
>>> The only way you *may* get it activated is to phone MS and grovel.
>>>
>>> Tired of this crap? Try Ubuntu, www.ubuntu.com, no activation, no
>>> becoming genuine, can be installed on as many computers as you like and
>>> it's FREE. It comes with access to over 25,000 free and commercial
>>> (mostly free) programs. You can run the Live CD to make sure your
>>> hardware is compatible. Either download it and burn it to a CD or order
>>> the CD and they will even pay the postage!
>>
>> Then once you're ready to have your applications work again, pop your
>> Vista DVD back in the drive and you're up and running shortly.
>
> The OP hasn't got a phone to be able to grovel to the activation person so
> how will they be "up and running shortly"?
>
> Alias

Tired of your crap? Go lick yourself, go outside and chase parked cars.
Who around here gives a RATS ASS about a TOY OS that only geeks use. The
Open Sores software is a joke, it's GUI is years old, functionality is
marginal at best. It is FREE and the people just shrug their shoulders and
say, "Who cares".

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