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| 1426188 | 2016-09-20 08:21:00 | Sons PC - after he installed SP1, decided to do the Not genuine annoyance. Activating it cures it. But after a week or two it comes back, activate again.... WTF?? Any ideas? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1426189 | 2016-09-20 08:32:00 | Maybe your monthly direct-debit didn't go out. Or does that not start until next year... :devil |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1426190 | 2016-09-20 08:56:00 | Could be this? (support.microsoft.com) lack of permissions This sounds like the same thing (www.askvg.com) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1426191 | 2016-09-20 09:07:00 | If there is one thing that riles me its being called a Liar and a Cheat . Your problem pcteck has been experienced by myself and a zillion others, as the Internet will testify . You may have noticed that there is a thread whereby I’m trying to get Linux up and running . Linux is running fine and I like it, but it takes a bit of learning, but then, so too did Win8 if anybody could be bothered . As you will see from the thread I mentioned, I haven’t even bothered to inquire about duel booting and the like because once I’m organised, Microsoft is gone forever . :clap |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1426192 | 2016-09-20 09:47:00 | Windows only deactivates for a couple of reasons. 1. Software Corruption (most common cause) 2. Pirated / illegal keys. The interesting comment after he installed SP1 SP1 for what ? The last SP1 for a OS was Windows 7, so if the OS is that far out of date wouldn't be at all surprised if theres some sort of corruption. B.M's Comment: If there is one thing that riles me its being called a Liar and a Cheat. Which goes back to point 1. NO operating system will work 100% of the time or get corrupted. So B.M when your new love of Linux all turns upside down, hope the couple of people helping currently will be about ;) The number of people who have some sort of illegal licensing and swear its legit is quite high. Its easy to catch them out and prove its illegal /pirated. One job I mentioned in other posts, the guy had Pirated copies of Office, swears it was all Legit, and said I was wrong - so I proved it was pirated - lets just say he was :eek: when he got caught out and his wife who was there was none to happy. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1426193 | 2016-09-20 10:04:00 | Service Packs introduced more blacklisted keys, you got proof he is the licensee? Microsoft can be understanding if you prove it and they will issue you with a new key or a discounted price for a new one. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1426194 | 2016-09-20 10:48:00 | @B.M. Glad none of the people I support on Windows need 166 posts, and counting, to get their comp going!! | linw (53) | ||
| 1426195 | 2016-09-20 10:51:00 | Service Packs introduced more blacklisted keys, you got proof he is the licensee? Microsoft can be understanding if you prove it and they will issue you with a new key or a discounted price for a new one. Just adding to that -- What most people don't know is on the COA stickers are several other codes that Microsoft can cross reference to prove its a Genuine or not Genuine key. They can also tell if its been activated more than the license allows Eg: more than 1 machine if a single user license. Had to do that several years ago (OS Was XP), for some reason some sets of keys were blacklisted, (which I never found out completely - but the MS rep did say something along the lines of - those ones, yep can sort it) providing the other codes the guy at MS asked for proved they were genuine. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1426196 | 2016-09-20 18:20:00 | @B.M. Glad none of the people I support on Windows need 166 posts, and counting, to get their comp going!! Well 166 posts is better than THIS (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) thread, 1 year and 8 months, 1421 Posts and still not going. :lol: I’ll bet every Car Manufacturer on the planet are glad they aren’t run by Microsoft Engineers. :groan: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1426197 | 2016-09-20 18:45:00 | So B . M when your new love of Linux all turns upside down, hope the couple of people helping currently will be about ;) So do I, :D but at the moment Linux is the lesser of the two evils . Just a point of interest, on the Win 7 machine, which Microsoft now claims to have an illegal key, the key reported by Windows and the Key reported by “Speccy” are totally different . How does that work? |
B.M. (505) | ||
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