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Activation problems
"Mayayana" wrote in message
But if you did not buy a full license (for about $100 more than the OEM version) and you upgraded the motherboard, then you're out of luck. Not necessarily With XP, at least, in days of yore. -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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Take ownership of a file ( Activation problems)
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 14:34:00 -0500, wrote:
For future reference, use Advanced Tokens Manager. It saves your activation and lets you restore it to a new install of Windows even if you have changed hardware. It works. Read about it and download he http://joshcellsoftwares.com/product...tokensmanager/ The "Take ownership of a file" utility on that site looks interesting. Has anyone had experience with it? http://joshcellsoftwares.com/products/winownership/ -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Activation problems
On 6/29/2014 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 04:52:01 -0400, Al Drake wrote: I installed a new CPU and Motherboard in a system and got a message I needed to activate again. I was forced to use phone method which went well however Windows still says it is not activated. I have read countless how to instructions but none about this specific issue. Anyone? For future reference, use Advanced Tokens Manager. It saves your activation and lets you restore it to a new install of Windows even if you have changed hardware. It works. Read about it and download he http://joshcellsoftwares.com/product...tokensmanager/ DC That's great. Thanks, just what I was looking for. |
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:25:21 -0400, Al Drake wrote:
http://joshcellsoftwares.com/product...tokensmanager/ DC That's great. Thanks, just what I was looking for. Good luck with that - the details seem a bit thin. Let us know what happened please! |
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Al Drake wrote:
On 6/29/2014 8:55 AM, Alias wrote: Mayayana wrote: |I installed a new CPU and Motherboard in a system and got a message I | needed to activate again. I was forced to use phone method which went | well however Windows still says it is not activated. You were forced? Why wouldn't it work online? Also, are you aware of the OEM vs full license distinction? If it's an OEM license and the motherboard is not the exact same, then according to Microsoft's inventive licensing you don't have a right to activate. In other words, if you have a Dell and get a Dell replacement motherboard it should be fine. If you built it yourself and replaced the motherboard with an exact match it should activate. But if you did not buy a full license (for about $100 more than the OEM version) and you upgraded the motherboard, then you're out of luck. Are you aware of the 120 day slate clean MS does on activation? I'm not. What is it? After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. -- Alias |
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On 6/30/2014 2:03 PM, Alias wrote:
Al Drake wrote: On 6/29/2014 8:55 AM, Alias wrote: Mayayana wrote: |I installed a new CPU and Motherboard in a system and got a message I | needed to activate again. I was forced to use phone method which went | well however Windows still says it is not activated. You were forced? Why wouldn't it work online? Also, are you aware of the OEM vs full license distinction? If it's an OEM license and the motherboard is not the exact same, then according to Microsoft's inventive licensing you don't have a right to activate. In other words, if you have a Dell and get a Dell replacement motherboard it should be fine. If you built it yourself and replaced the motherboard with an exact match it should activate. But if you did not buy a full license (for about $100 more than the OEM version) and you upgraded the motherboard, then you're out of luck. Are you aware of the 120 day slate clean MS does on activation? I'm not. What is it? After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. That's good to know. Sometimes I need to activate more often but rarely. Sometimes I can add new hardware and nothing shows. Other times I need to activate the install. The same with moving to another machine if I retire one or another. I have no idea why my latest automated phone activation failed but it is nice to know some of the rules. Thanks. |
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On 6/30/2014 6:58 AM, mechanic wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:25:21 -0400, Al Drake wrote: http://joshcellsoftwares.com/product...tokensmanager/ DC That's great. Thanks, just what I was looking for. Good luck with that - the details seem a bit thin. Let us know what happened please! I was having some difficulty understanding what I was reading and I'm not sure when I would actually need to use a backup as such but if I do I'll post back. Thanks. Al. |
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| After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an
| activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. | I've never heard of that. It may work. I've never tried it. But I do know that OEM is not licensed for that. |
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Activation problems
On 6/30/2014 6:31 PM, Mayayana wrote:
| After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an | activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. | I've never heard of that. It may work. I've never tried it. But I do know that OEM is not licensed for that. That's fine with me. I have never purchased OEM. |
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Mayayana wrote:
| After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an | activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. | I've never heard of that. It may work. I've never tried it. But I do know that OEM is not licensed for that. Generic OEM will work. Branded OEM will not. Neither is "allowed" by the license you don't get to read until it's too late for a refund if you don't agree with it. -- Alias |
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Al Drake wrote:
On 6/30/2014 6:31 PM, Mayayana wrote: | After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an | activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. | I've never heard of that. It may work. I've never tried it. But I do know that OEM is not licensed for that. That's fine with me. I have never purchased OEM. I've never purchased retail. -- Alias |
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On 7/1/2014 6:50 AM, Alias wrote:
Al Drake wrote: On 6/30/2014 6:31 PM, Mayayana wrote: | After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an | activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. | I've never heard of that. It may work. I've never tried it. But I do know that OEM is not licensed for that. That's fine with me. I have never purchased OEM. I've never purchased retail. Have you ever purchased OEM? |
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On 7/1/2014 6:50 AM, Alias wrote:
Mayayana wrote: | After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an | activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. | I've never heard of that. It may work. I've never tried it. But I do know that OEM is not licensed for that. Generic OEM will work. Branded OEM will not. Neither is "allowed" by the license you don't get to read until it's too late for a refund if you don't agree with it. Pardon my ignorance but what's the difference between generic and branded? |
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Al Drake wrote:
On 7/1/2014 6:50 AM, Alias wrote: Al Drake wrote: On 6/30/2014 6:31 PM, Mayayana wrote: | After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an | activate another computer with the same license, it will activate online. | I've never heard of that. It may work. I've never tried it. But I do know that OEM is not licensed for that. That's fine with me. I have never purchased OEM. I've never purchased retail. Have you ever purchased OEM? Many times, both branded and generic. The only time I've bought branded is with laptops. Why pay more for the same thing? -- Alias |
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