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| Thread ID: 53985 | 2005-02-01 07:56:00 | Argh! Stoopid Norton Activation!!! | hamstar (4) | Press F1 |
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| 320436 | 2005-02-01 07:56:00 | As youve seen in my other posts im helping a friends family out with their computer prob. I installed norton under a clean w2k install.. put in the activation key, but it cant find the norton servers... I tried all the help things in the support pages at symantec site, google, i called the pricks but the wanted to put me on hold for ages and charge me for it. F**k that. This is bullsh*t.. activation sux... Does anyone know how I can fix this short of cracking the bastard. There is no option for phone activation. Cheers hamstar |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 320437 | 2005-02-01 07:59:00 | Unplug the phone / modem from the phone. Get offline. It should after a few clicks on next, give u an option to use phone activation. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 320438 | 2005-02-01 08:00:00 | pressf1.pcworld.co.nz Did you really need a new thread for this. Try disabling the firewall before you try to activate it, which would seem fairly obvious. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 320439 | 2005-02-01 12:03:00 | duh... the only firewall is the norton firewall, and surely it must let itself out to activate itself... Unplugging the phone line is the same as just not being on the internet... yet it still shows no option for phone activation... |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 320440 | 2005-02-01 12:06:00 | Any chance the people you are "helping" are now completely fed up with your efforts and wishing they had never let you near it? Just asking. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 320441 | 2005-02-01 12:23:00 | the only firewall is the norton firewall, and surely it must let itself out to activate itself... Nope. I've done it numerous times. Disconnect yourself from the internet, any LAN connections as well. Let it try to connect 3-5 times can't remember how many exactly, then it will give you the option for phone activation. The keygens work on the same principle, phone activation. If crackers can get around the activation surely a legitimate user can activate the product they paid for. :eek: |
E|im (87) | ||
| 320442 | 2005-02-01 16:00:00 | It sounds like you have a bad install. Try uninstalling and starting again. This time make sure that your computer is not doing anything else during the installation. | Vince (406) | ||
| 320443 | 2005-02-01 16:19:00 | I ment to add that even moving the mouse can wreck the instalation of some software. Vince | Vince (406) | ||
| 320444 | 2005-02-01 18:47:00 | I have known NIS to block itself from live-updating, unless you click "Allow" and set it to "always". | somebody (208) | ||
| 320445 | 2005-02-01 19:20:00 | and surely it must let itself out to activate itself...You must be new to firewalls :groan: | ninja (1671) | ||
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