Vista Reactivation

The motherboard in my home built Vista Home Premium (OEM version) system
stopped recognizing IDE devices a month or so ago and I had to replace it.
I could no longer purchase an exact replacement but I could re-use my 820
Pentium D CPU. The new board required DDR2 RAM so I had to purchase a 1 GB
stick to replace the old DDR1 sticks I had used previously.

Fired it up and found I could not successfully restore a Ghost image of the
previous system to the new board, (no surprise there!) so reinstalled Vista
to the same hard drive. After a few days of successful operation I
activated the new system online no problem. The new motherboard and RAM were
accepted without question.

However.. the new board had only one IDE channel and expected users to
instead use the newer SATA drives rather than the old PATA types. Although
I could install both my DVD drive and my old PATA drive on the same cable,
physical cable management issues were a serious problem. Plus I understood
that mixing CD-ROM or DVD drives on the same IDE channel was a bad idea
anyway.

So.. a few days ago I installed a new 500 GB SATA drive and again
reinstalled Vista on it. Added a few apps and then waited a few days. When
all looked ok, I tried to re-activate it one more time.

No joy this time! Vista protested that the product key that I had entered
was already in use and offered several options for me to choose from the
resolve the problem.

I chose the "Automated Phone System", call the toll free number and read off
the nine 6-digit or so numeric fields as the automated operator requested
them. She then said she could not "validate" my system so transferred me to
a human operator. He asked for the first group of digits and asked if I
bought the system with Vista installed? I said no, that I had built it up
from components. He asked if this was the first time activation for this
system and I said no, that I had been using it for several months but due to
part failure I had to replace several components in it. He did not require
any more information regarding what had failed and what I had replace, but
just asked how many systems this software was currently installed on and I
said ONE.

He was satisfied and gave me another 9 fields of six digits each to enter at
the bottom of the on-screen form presented for "automated phone activation".
That done, the system reported that it had successfully activated. Took
about six min total

Very business-like and professional. Thanks Microsoft!

Ken wrote:

> The motherboard in my home built Vista Home Premium (OEM version) system
> stopped recognizing IDE devices a month or so ago and I had to replace it.
> I could no longer purchase an exact replacement but I could re-use my 820
> Pentium D CPU. The new board required DDR2 RAM so I had to purchase a 1
> GB stick to replace the old DDR1 sticks I had used previously.
>
> Fired it up and found I could not successfully restore a Ghost image of
> the previous system to the new board, (no surprise there!) so reinstalled
> Vista
> to the same hard drive. After a few days of successful operation I
> activated the new system online no problem. The new motherboard and RAM
> were accepted without question.
>
> However.. the new board had only one IDE channel and expected users to
> instead use the newer SATA drives rather than the old PATA types.
> Although I could install both my DVD drive and my old PATA drive on the
> same cable, physical cable management issues were a serious problem. Plus
> I understood that mixing CD-ROM or DVD drives on the same IDE channel was
> a bad idea anyway.
>
> So.. a few days ago I installed a new 500 GB SATA drive and again
> reinstalled Vista on it. Added a few apps and then waited a few days.
> When all looked ok, I tried to re-activate it one more time.
>
> No joy this time! Vista protested that the product key that I had entered
> was already in use and offered several options for me to choose from the
> resolve the problem.
>
> I chose the "Automated Phone System", call the toll free number and read
> off the nine 6-digit or so numeric fields as the automated operator
> requested
> them. She then said she could not "validate" my system so transferred me
> to a human operator. He asked for the first group of digits and asked if I
> bought the system with Vista installed? I said no, that I had built it up
> from components. He asked if this was the first time activation for this
> system and I said no, that I had been using it for several months but due
> to part failure I had to replace several components in it. He did not
> require any more information regarding what had failed and what I had
> replace, but just asked how many systems this software was currently
> installed on and I said ONE.
>
> He was satisfied and gave me another 9 fields of six digits each to enter
> at the bottom of the on-screen form presented for "automated phone
> activation".
> That done, the system reported that it had successfully activated. Took
> about six min total
>
> Very business-like and professional. Thanks Microsoft!

Very funny story. Thanks Microsoft for letting me grovel to use the software
I purchased.

Cheers.

--
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Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
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NoStop wrote:
> Ken wrote:
>

>
>
> Very funny story. Thanks Microsoft for letting me grovel to use the software
> I purchased.

Whats really funny and salient is the fact you've never used Vista and
you never will.
Other than your professed hatred of all things MS why are you here?
Frank

NoStop wrote:
> Ken wrote:
>
>> The motherboard in my home built Vista Home Premium (OEM version) system
>> stopped recognizing IDE devices a month or so ago and I had to replace it.
>> I could no longer purchase an exact replacement but I could re-use my 820
>> Pentium D CPU. The new board required DDR2 RAM so I had to purchase a 1
>> GB stick to replace the old DDR1 sticks I had used previously.
>>
>> Fired it up and found I could not successfully restore a Ghost image of
>> the previous system to the new board, (no surprise there!) so reinstalled
>> Vista
>> to the same hard drive. After a few days of successful operation I
>> activated the new system online no problem. The new motherboard and RAM
>> were accepted without question.
>>
>> However.. the new board had only one IDE channel and expected users to
>> instead use the newer SATA drives rather than the old PATA types.
>> Although I could install both my DVD drive and my old PATA drive on the
>> same cable, physical cable management issues were a serious problem. Plus
>> I understood that mixing CD-ROM or DVD drives on the same IDE channel was
>> a bad idea anyway.
>>
>> So.. a few days ago I installed a new 500 GB SATA drive and again
>> reinstalled Vista on it. Added a few apps and then waited a few days.
>> When all looked ok, I tried to re-activate it one more time.
>>
>> No joy this time! Vista protested that the product key that I had entered
>> was already in use and offered several options for me to choose from the
>> resolve the problem.
>>
>> I chose the "Automated Phone System", call the toll free number and read
>> off the nine 6-digit or so numeric fields as the automated operator
>> requested
>> them. She then said she could not "validate" my system so transferred me
>> to a human operator. He asked for the first group of digits and asked if I
>> bought the system with Vista installed? I said no, that I had built it up
>> from components. He asked if this was the first time activation for this
>> system and I said no, that I had been using it for several months but due
>> to part failure I had to replace several components in it. He did not
>> require any more information regarding what had failed and what I had
>> replace, but just asked how many systems this software was currently
>> installed on and I said ONE.
>>
>> He was satisfied and gave me another 9 fields of six digits each to enter
>> at the bottom of the on-screen form presented for "automated phone
>> activation".
>> That done, the system reported that it had successfully activated. Took
>> about six min total
>>
>> Very business-like and professional. Thanks Microsoft!
>
> Very funny story. Thanks Microsoft for letting me grovel to use the software
> I purchased.
>
> Cheers.
>

MS fuçks 'em up the ass and they think it's normal and they thank them
for it. Amazing.

Now, I can understand Frank not objecting. He *likes* being fuçked up
the ass.

Alias

Good to hear. Through the whole post I was waiting for "then the
blankety-blank said he wouldn't allow the activation." I always build
my own systems. Usually, I reinstall a few times--upgrading
motherboards, cpu's etc. So, I'm glad they worked with you.


--
dpic

I had a somewhat similar experience but only with XP months ago. I've used
that partition since then only three times.

The guy was very efficient but I had to read back to him I think 36 digit
numbers. I got tired in the end and finally he gave to me a replacement I
think of similar length.

"Ken" <> wrote in message
news:uI$...
> The motherboard in my home built Vista Home Premium (OEM version) system
> stopped recognizing IDE devices a month or so ago and I had to replace it.
> I could no longer purchase an exact replacement but I could re-use my 820
> Pentium D CPU. The new board required DDR2 RAM so I had to purchase a 1
> GB stick to replace the old DDR1 sticks I had used previously.
>
> Fired it up and found I could not successfully restore a Ghost image of
> the previous system to the new board, (no surprise there!) so reinstalled
> Vista to the same hard drive. After a few days of successful operation I
> activated the new system online no problem. The new motherboard and RAM
> were accepted without question.
>
> However.. the new board had only one IDE channel and expected users to
> instead use the newer SATA drives rather than the old PATA types.
> Although I could install both my DVD drive and my old PATA drive on the
> same cable, physical cable management issues were a serious problem. Plus
> I understood that mixing CD-ROM or DVD drives on the same IDE channel was
> a bad idea anyway.
>
> So.. a few days ago I installed a new 500 GB SATA drive and again
> reinstalled Vista on it. Added a few apps and then waited a few days.
> When all looked ok, I tried to re-activate it one more time.
>
> No joy this time! Vista protested that the product key that I had entered
> was already in use and offered several options for me to choose from the
> resolve the problem.
>
> I chose the "Automated Phone System", call the toll free number and read
> off the nine 6-digit or so numeric fields as the automated operator
> requested them. She then said she could not "validate" my system so
> transferred me to a human operator. He asked for the first group of digits
> and asked if I bought the system with Vista installed? I said no, that I
> had built it up from components. He asked if this was the first time
> activation for this system and I said no, that I had been using it for
> several months but due to part failure I had to replace several components
> in it. He did not require any more information regarding what had failed
> and what I had replace, but just asked how many systems this software was
> currently installed on and I said ONE.
>
> He was satisfied and gave me another 9 fields of six digits each to enter
> at the bottom of the on-screen form presented for "automated phone
> activation". That done, the system reported that it had successfully
> activated. Took about six min total
>
> Very business-like and professional. Thanks Microsoft!
>
>

Alias wrote:

> NoStop wrote:
>
>> Ken wrote:
>>
>>> The motherboard in my home built Vista Home Premium (OEM version) system
>>> stopped recognizing IDE devices a month or so ago and I had to
>>> replace it.
>>> I could no longer purchase an exact replacement but I could re-use my
>>> 820
>>> Pentium D CPU. The new board required DDR2 RAM so I had to purchase a 1
>>> GB stick to replace the old DDR1 sticks I had used previously.
>>>
>>> Fired it up and found I could not successfully restore a Ghost image of
>>> the previous system to the new board, (no surprise there!) so
>>> reinstalled
>>> Vista
>>> to the same hard drive. After a few days of successful operation I
>>> activated the new system online no problem. The new motherboard and RAM
>>> were accepted without question.
>>>
>>> However.. the new board had only one IDE channel and expected users to
>>> instead use the newer SATA drives rather than the old PATA types.
>>> Although I could install both my DVD drive and my old PATA drive on the
>>> same cable, physical cable management issues were a serious problem.
>>> Plus
>>> I understood that mixing CD-ROM or DVD drives on the same IDE channel
>>> was
>>> a bad idea anyway.
>>>
>>> So.. a few days ago I installed a new 500 GB SATA drive and again
>>> reinstalled Vista on it. Added a few apps and then waited a few days.
>>> When all looked ok, I tried to re-activate it one more time.
>>>
>>> No joy this time! Vista protested that the product key that I had
>>> entered
>>> was already in use and offered several options for me to choose from the
>>> resolve the problem.
>>>
>>> I chose the "Automated Phone System", call the toll free number and read
>>> off the nine 6-digit or so numeric fields as the automated operator
>>> requested
>>> them. She then said she could not "validate" my system so
>>> transferred me
>>> to a human operator. He asked for the first group of digits and asked
>>> if I
>>> bought the system with Vista installed? I said no, that I had built
>>> it up
>>> from components. He asked if this was the first time activation for this
>>> system and I said no, that I had been using it for several months but
>>> due
>>> to part failure I had to replace several components in it. He did not
>>> require any more information regarding what had failed and what I had
>>> replace, but just asked how many systems this software was currently
>>> installed on and I said ONE.
>>>
>>> He was satisfied and gave me another 9 fields of six digits each to
>>> enter
>>> at the bottom of the on-screen form presented for "automated phone
>>> activation".
>>> That done, the system reported that it had successfully activated. Took
>>> about six min total
>>>
>>> Very business-like and professional. Thanks Microsoft!
>>
>>
>> Very funny story. Thanks Microsoft for letting me grovel to use the
>> software
>> I purchased.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>
> MS fuçks 'em up the ass and they think it's normal and they thank them
> for it. Amazing.
>
> Now, I can understand Frank not objecting. He *likes* being fuçked up
> the ass.
>
> Alias

How are you and your butt-buddy nostop doing huh? Who is the "queen' of
your parties...LOL!
You're stupid and easy...hahaha!
Frank

AlexB, the Nazi Fascist, wrote:

> I had a somewhat similar experience but only with XP months ago. I've
> used that partition since then only three times.
>
> The guy was very efficient but I had to read back to him I think 36
> digit numbers. I got tired in the end and finally he gave to me a
> replacement I think of similar length.

You like 'em long, eh?

Alias
>
> "Ken" <> wrote in message
> news:uI$...
>> The motherboard in my home built Vista Home Premium (OEM version)
>> system stopped recognizing IDE devices a month or so ago and I had to
>> replace it. I could no longer purchase an exact replacement but I
>> could re-use my 820 Pentium D CPU. The new board required DDR2 RAM so
>> I had to purchase a 1 GB stick to replace the old DDR1 sticks I had
>> used previously.
>>
>> Fired it up and found I could not successfully restore a Ghost image
>> of the previous system to the new board, (no surprise there!) so
>> reinstalled Vista to the same hard drive. After a few days of
>> successful operation I activated the new system online no problem. The
>> new motherboard and RAM were accepted without question.
>>
>> However.. the new board had only one IDE channel and expected users to
>> instead use the newer SATA drives rather than the old PATA types.
>> Although I could install both my DVD drive and my old PATA drive on
>> the same cable, physical cable management issues were a serious
>> problem. Plus I understood that mixing CD-ROM or DVD drives on the
>> same IDE channel was a bad idea anyway.
>>
>> So.. a few days ago I installed a new 500 GB SATA drive and again
>> reinstalled Vista on it. Added a few apps and then waited a few days.
>> When all looked ok, I tried to re-activate it one more time.
>>
>> No joy this time! Vista protested that the product key that I had
>> entered was already in use and offered several options for me to
>> choose from the resolve the problem.
>>
>> I chose the "Automated Phone System", call the toll free number and
>> read off the nine 6-digit or so numeric fields as the automated
>> operator requested them. She then said she could not "validate" my
>> system so transferred me to a human operator. He asked for the first
>> group of digits and asked if I bought the system with Vista
>> installed? I said no, that I had built it up from components. He
>> asked if this was the first time activation for this system and I said
>> no, that I had been using it for several months but due to part
>> failure I had to replace several components in it. He did not require
>> any more information regarding what had failed and what I had replace,
>> but just asked how many systems this software was currently installed
>> on and I said ONE.
>>
>> He was satisfied and gave me another 9 fields of six digits each to
>> enter at the bottom of the on-screen form presented for "automated
>> phone activation". That done, the system reported that it had
>> successfully activated. Took about six min total
>>
>> Very business-like and professional. Thanks Microsoft!
>>
>>
>

Frank wrote:

> NoStop wrote:
>> Ken wrote:
>>
>
>>
>>
>> Very funny story. Thanks Microsoft for letting me grovel to use the
>> software I purchased.
>
> Whats really funny and salient is the fact you've never used Vista and
> you never will.
> Other than your professed hatred of all things MS why are you here?
> Frank

Because I know where "here" is. You on the otherhand, don't. You're
forgiven. We all know about the brain injury you suffered in the great war.
Now take your meds, wear your football helmet when you go outdoors to play
and NEVER remove that cork from your fork. It's there to protect you sonny.

Cheers.

--
Vista will make you speechless!
http://tinyurl.com/38zv7x

Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.

Q: What OS is built for lusers?
A: Which one requires running lusermgr.msc to create them?

Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/war...tm/compost.htm

NoStop wrote:

> Frank wrote:
>
>
>>NoStop wrote:
>>
>>>Ken wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>
>>>Very funny story. Thanks Microsoft for letting me grovel to use the
>>>software I purchased.
>>
>>Whats really funny and salient is the fact you've never used Vista and
>>you never will.
>>Other than your professed hatred of all things MS why are you here?
>>Frank
>
>
> Because I know where "here" is. You on the otherhand, don't. You're
> forgiven.
We all know about the brain injury you suffered in the great war.
> Now take your meds, wear your football helmet when you go outdoors to play
> and NEVER remove that cork from your fork. It's there to protect you sonny.
>
> Cheers.
>
So I've cornered you like the rat you are.
Using a stupid dodge simple won't cut it doris.
Why are you here?
Frank