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On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 09:31:13PM -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: |
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> > From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com] |
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> > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:06 PM |
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> > Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that |
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> > required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They |
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> > said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran into |
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> > that before tho, it installed fine but gave 30 days to put in the |
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> > number. Does winders 7 have something similar? |
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That's the Product Key, being 5x5 characters in size *looking at sticker on |
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bottom of laptop*. Once you entered the key, Windows activates itself online. |
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If that fails (e.g. if you used the key too often or the key is blacklisted, |
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etc), you can reactivate Windows via a phone call to MS. |
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> I *think* you get a grace period after that to re-activate your system but |
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> it's been a while since I had that happen to me. |
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Incidentally, I have this very situation in a virtual XP right now. Once that |
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grace period is over, it shuts you out completely. When I try to log in it |
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tells me that I need to activate it before I can log in. My choices are to |
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either enter a key into a dialog or to not do so, in which case I get thrown |
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back to the login screen. Neat, huh. |
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Windows 7 gives you some more leeway, in that it lets you log in to your |
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desktop, but IIRC the background is blackened and all you can open is IE to |
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open the MS site or summit like that. |
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There is a command which can rearm the 30 days counter at most twice, as long |
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as it hasn't run out yet. |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' |
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I forbid any use of my email addresses with Facebook services. |
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In order for more and more people having to do even less, |
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less and less people have to do even more. |