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Activation-How do I stop the insanity?
Mark Smith wrote:
About three days ago I posted a message here or in the hardware group defending MS Activation because it took me less than 3 clicks; it was fast and easy. Well guess what. I hooked up a USB camera last night. I got a popup saying that before the effects could take place I had to reboot. When I rebooted, I got the Activation popup saying I my hardware configuration had changed. Before that I switched HDD's around and put in a new cd drive. I don't know how I could have exceeded anything. Anyway, I let the activation automatically dial me into their 800 number. I am on dial-up by the way. Then I got disconnected saying I had exceeded my activations. I then realized I was going to have to enter a 60 digit number, so I said screw it and opted out to talk directly to a rep. I was on hold for 4 minutes. When she came on, I told her all I did was connect a usb camera. She explained that everytime my hardware changed I would have to reactivate. She lied. Activation isn't supposed to work that way, but Activation doesn't always work the way it is supposed to. I told her I had a new video card coming and a new DVD writer coming, so I had better wait before reactivating now because I don't want to have to go through this again when my new hardware arrives from newegg. She said I could not wait and that I was going to have to call out my 60 digit number and then she would reissue me a new number that I had to enter to reactivate. This whole process took exactly 10 minutes. And I am going to have to go through this every time I connect a USB camera? Are you kidding me? The camera is a cybershot and when I plug it into my USB hub it says found new hardware but you must reboot before changes can take effect. Will MS pay for me to get a card reader so I don't have to keep disconnecting my camera? I can't believe I am going to have to go through this again when my video card gets here. I am going to make damn sure I do the DVD writer at the same time. How much money is MS saving by doing this activation? I would guess that it costs MS and its stockholders more than it saves from piracy. I am telling you that I am actually thinking about getting an illegal copy of XP now!!!!! Many people use the "Corp Edition" to bypass PA problems, even though they own a legit copy. When I bought this XP from Circuit City, you guys should have had this disclaimer on it: WARNING: Microsoft now makes it very inconvenient for you to use XP if you are going to build your own computer. And actually have the truth on the box?! ROFL! -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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BigJIm wrote:
Bull **** We have a deep thinker here! "Mark Smith" wrote in message ... About three days ago I posted a message here or in the hardware group defending MS Activation because it took me less than 3 clicks; it was fast and easy. Well guess what. I hooked up a USB camera last night. I got a popup saying that before the effects could take place I had to reboot. When I rebooted, I got the Activation popup saying I my hardware configuration had changed. Before that I switched HDD's around and put in a new cd drive. I don't know how I could have exceeded anything. Anyway, I let the activation automatically dial me into their 800 number. I am on dial-up by the way. Then I got disconnected saying I had exceeded my activations. I then realized I was going to have to enter a 60 digit number, so I said screw it and opted out to talk directly to a rep. I was on hold for 4 minutes. When she came on, I told her all I did was connect a usb camera. She explained that everytime my hardware changed I would have to reactivate. I told her I had a new video card coming and a new DVD writer coming, so I had better wait before reactivating now because I don't want to have to go through this again when my new hardware arrives from newegg. She said I could not wait and that I was going to have to call out my 60 digit number and then she would reissue me a new number that I had to enter to reactivate. This whole process took exactly 10 minutes. And I am going to have to go through this every time I connect a USB camera? Are you kidding me? The camera is a cybershot and when I plug it into my USB hub it says found new hardware but you must reboot before changes can take effect. Will MS pay for me to get a card reader so I don't have to keep disconnecting my camera? I can't believe I am going to have to go through this again when my video card gets here. I am going to make damn sure I do the DVD writer at the same time. How much money is MS saving by doing this activation? I am telling you that I am actually thinking about getting an illegal copy of XP now!!!!! When I bought this XP from Circuit City, you guys should have had this disclaimer on it: WARNING: Microsoft now makes it very inconvenient for you to use XP if you are going to build your own computer. -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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Mark Smith wrote:
Thank you for replying, but I have to be honest. This process below will take just as long as doing activation online. "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... How to get around the activation problems: How to format/reinstall Windows without having to Register or Activate. Keep your activation status intact when reinstalling XP Have you ever wanted to reformat the hard disk and reinstall Windows XP on a system but you did not want to mess around with Microsoft's Product Activation after the reinstall? Fortunately, you do not have to. As long as you are not making any hardware alterations, you can back up the activation status files before you reformat the hard drive and then restore them after you reinstall the operating system. To perform the backup, follow these steps: 1. Use Windows Explorer to open the C:\Windows\System32 folder. 2. Copy the Wpa.dbl and Wpa.bak files to a floppy disk or CD. To perform the restore, follow these steps: 1. Decline the activation request at the end of the installation procedure, and restart Windows XP. 2. During boot up, press F8 to access the Windows Advanced Options menu. 3. Choose the Safe Mode (SAFEBOOT_OPTION=Minimal) option. 4. Use Windows Explorer to open the C:\Windows\System32 folder. 5. If they exist, rename the new Wpa.dbl and Wpa.bak files to Wpadbl.new and Wpabak.new. 6. Copy the original Wpa.dbl and Wpa.bak files from the floppy disk or CD to the C:\Windows\System32 folder. 7. Restart the system. And it only works if the hardware stays exactly the same! -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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Ron Martell wrote:
"Mark Smith" wrote: About three days ago I posted a message here or in the hardware group defending MS Activation because it took me less than 3 clicks; it was fast and easy. Well guess what. I hooked up a USB camera last night. I got a popup saying that before the effects could take place I had to reboot. When I rebooted, I got the Activation popup saying I my hardware configuration had changed. Before that I switched HDD's around and put in a new cd drive. I don't know how I could have exceeded anything. Anyway, I let the activation automatically dial me into their 800 number. I am on dial-up by the way. Then I got disconnected saying I had exceeded my activations. I then realized I was going to have to enter a 60 digit number, so I said screw it and opted out to talk directly to a rep. I was on hold for 4 minutes. When she came on, I told her all I did was connect a usb camera. She explained that everytime my hardware changed I would have to reactivate. I told her I had a new video card coming and a new DVD writer coming, so I had better wait before reactivating now because I don't want to have to go through this again when my new hardware arrives from newegg. She said I could not wait and that I was going to have to call out my 60 digit number and then she would reissue me a new number that I had to enter to reactivate. Have you read the article on activation by the late Alex Nichol MVP at http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm ? That explains how the activation process works, and indicates which specific hardware components are monitored for changes. It is important to realize that the hardware changes are cumulative since the last actual activation, so that it can be a single, seemingly quite trivial, hardware change such as adding more RAM or replacing the CDROM drive that can trigger the need to reactivate. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada And the one thing that is missing in that article is the acknowlegement that PA doesn't always work the way it is supposed to. -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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"kurttrail" wrote in message
... Mark Smith wrote: Many people use the "Corp Edition" to bypass PA problems, even though they own a legit copy. Wait a minute. You telling me if I have XP Pro I don't have to fool with this activation? |
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Alias wrote: Just goes to show, once again, that activation only inconveniences the paying customers whilst the crackers just go about their cracking and laughing the whole time. NO. Just goes to show, once again, that activation only inconveniences people with low intelligence. USB are all PnP and you don't need to reboot when you hook any device these days. I have Canon camera (A95) and I too download pictures from it but I don't need to reboot everytime. My PC is only PIII - about 7 years old. Modern systems are even better. The OP hasn't got anything better to do. His taped conversation cannot be genuine or reliable as digital voice can be manipulated in the same way as digital pictures. |
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Alias wrote: According to your links, the OP shouldn't have had to activate. Can you explain why he had to? You don't know whether he has a genuine OS. Just because he said so does not prove anything!. |
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ANONYMOUS wrote:
Alias wrote: According to your links, the OP shouldn't have had to activate. Can you explain why he had to? You don't know whether he has a genuine OS. Just because he said so does not prove anything!. If you say so ... Alias |
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ANONYMOUS wrote:
Alias wrote: Just goes to show, once again, that activation only inconveniences the paying customers whilst the crackers just go about their cracking and laughing the whole time. NO. Just goes to show, once again, that activation only inconveniences people with low intelligence. It insults the intelligence of people who have paid for a product to prove they did not once, but twice. There is no reason why paying customers should be forced to take their time and help MS catch the "bad guys" who just go about their cracking and laugh at dummies like you who fall in line and say, "activation? Yes sir, yes sir, three clicks full, sir". USB are all PnP and you don't need to reboot when you hook any device these days. I have Canon camera (A95) and I too download pictures from it but I don't need to reboot everytime. My PC is only PIII - about 7 years old. Modern systems are even better. The OP hasn't got anything better to do. His taped conversation cannot be genuine or reliable as digital voice can be manipulated in the same way as digital pictures. Are you openly accusing the OP of being a liar? You're kinda like activation: guilty of piracy until you prove otherwise. Alias |
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"ANONYMOUS" wrote in message
NO. Just goes to show, once again, that activation only inconveniences people with low intelligence. Your post just goes to show that anonymous posters use their personality problems to try to confuse and inconvenience sincere posters. And if I have such low intelligence, then how did I get the thing activated? USB are all PnP and you don't need to reboot when you hook any device these days. The name of the camera is Mercury S-550v (not cybershots). I am telling you that as soon as XP installed it I got a pop up telling me I needed to reboot before the change would take effect. I never said the camera would not work otherwise. Basically you are saying I am lying. I am not even hiding my IP, and you have the audacity to call me out? The OP hasn't got anything better to do. His taped conversation cannot be genuine or reliable as digital voice can be manipulated in the same way as digital pictures You hipocrite. How is your post any different? The same thing can be said about you. And what purpose would it serve for me to fake a phone call to MS? My phone has a built in recorder--like all the expensive ones do at Walmart. As soon as I pick up the receiver it starts recording automatically. All I used the recorded call for was to show the length of time the call took. And of course there are the webcam shots of the activation code I entered as the lady on the phone called them out to me. I had her on speaker phone, so the webcam picked that up to. And what do you mean I have nothing better to do? If I were not on vacation, I would not be spending any more time on you, that is for sure, but as soon as the B-ball game comes on, I will be turning off the comp. So I do have something better to do. |
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"ANONYMOUS" wrote in
You don't know whether he has a genuine OS. Just because he said so does not prove anything!. Why do you assume I don't? There you go again displaying your personality problems. Try www.psychology.com. Click on the self-help link. |
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"Alias" wrote in message news:uOYjZo5%
Alias wrote: According to your links, the OP shouldn't have had to activate. Can you explain why he had to? You don't know whether he has a genuine OS. Just because he said so does not prove anything!. If you say so ... Alias LMAO! Good one Alias. |
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Alias wrote: It insults the intelligence of people who have paid for a product to prove they did not once, but twice. There is no reason why paying customers should be forced to take their time and help MS catch the "bad guys" who just go about their cracking and laugh at dummies like you who fall in line and say, "activation? Yes sir, yes sir, three clicks full, sir". I agree there is no reason for paying customers to have to go through this process but we don't know whether the OP's problem was just because he hooked his camera to a usb port that triggered the re-activation. It sounds incredible to be true! Are you openly accusing the OP of being a liar? You're kinda like activation: guilty of piracy until you prove otherwise. I am not accusing anybody. i am simply highlighting the flaws in the story. It is incredible! Have you had an instance of plugging anything to a USB port that triggered a re-activation? We always advice people to disconnect everything from the system when installing an OS. This includes cameras, printers, scanners etc. The only thing that is attached is a keyboard and a mouse. Now when you plug your printer, scanner etc, are you telling me this requires re-acticvations? RUBBISH or somebody said B/S. |
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I have plugged in thousands of USB devices into many hundreds of different
computers. The next time doing so causes me to have to either reboot or reactivate a computer, will be the first time that I have seen this phenomenon. I would call this an anomaly, not a standard occurrence. Deal with it and get on with your life. It is inconsequential, at best. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Mark Smith" wrote in message ... About three days ago I posted a message here or in the hardware group defending MS Activation because it took me less than 3 clicks; it was fast and easy. Well guess what. I hooked up a USB camera last night. I got a popup saying that before the effects could take place I had to reboot. When I rebooted, I got the Activation popup saying I my hardware configuration had changed. Before that I switched HDD's around and put in a new cd drive. I don't know how I could have exceeded anything. Anyway, I let the activation automatically dial me into their 800 number. I am on dial-up by the way. Then I got disconnected saying I had exceeded my activations. I then realized I was going to have to enter a 60 digit number, so I said screw it and opted out to talk directly to a rep. I was on hold for 4 minutes. When she came on, I told her all I did was connect a usb camera. She explained that everytime my hardware changed I would have to reactivate. I told her I had a new video card coming and a new DVD writer coming, so I had better wait before reactivating now because I don't want to have to go through this again when my new hardware arrives from newegg. She said I could not wait and that I was going to have to call out my 60 digit number and then she would reissue me a new number that I had to enter to reactivate. This whole process took exactly 10 minutes. And I am going to have to go through this every time I connect a USB camera? Are you kidding me? The camera is a cybershot and when I plug it into my USB hub it says found new hardware but you must reboot before changes can take effect. Will MS pay for me to get a card reader so I don't have to keep disconnecting my camera? I can't believe I am going to have to go through this again when my video card gets here. I am going to make damn sure I do the DVD writer at the same time. How much money is MS saving by doing this activation? I am telling you that I am actually thinking about getting an illegal copy of XP now!!!!! When I bought this XP from Circuit City, you guys should have had this disclaimer on it: WARNING: Microsoft now makes it very inconvenient for you to use XP if you are going to build your own computer. |
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Mark Smith wrote: And if I have such low intelligence, then how did I get the thing activated? You followed the rules properly laid out by Microsoft otherwise you would have struggled! USB are all PnP and you don't need to reboot when you hook any device these days. The name of the camera is Mercury S-550v (not cybershots). I am telling you that as soon as XP installed it I got a pop up telling me I needed to reboot before the change would take effect. I never said the camera would not work otherwise. Basically you are saying I am lying. I am not even hiding my IP, and you have the audacity to call me out? No it isn't . you said "The camera is a cybershot and when I plug it into my USB hub it says found new hardware but you must reboot before changes can take effect." Read your original message. So you are lying then? Are you always like this making up stories as you go along? The OP hasn't got anything better to do. His taped conversation cannot be genuine or reliable as digital voice can be manipulated in the same way as digital pictures You hipocrite. How is your post any different? The same thing can be said about you. I am retired now after 40 years service with a top university in London. I am an emeritus professor of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. And what purpose would it serve for me to fake a phone call to MS? My phone has a built in recorder--like all the expensive ones do at Walmart. As soon as I pick up the receiver it starts recording automatically. All I used the recorded call for was to show the length of time the call took. And of course there are the webcam shots of the activation code I entered as the lady on the phone called them out to me. I had her on speaker phone, so the webcam picked that up to. There are lots of Microsoft bashers on this NGs and you can't be ruled out for coming out with such an incredible story. And what do you mean I have nothing better to do? If I were not on vacation, I would not be spending any more time on you, that is for sure, but as soon as the B-ball game comes on, I will be turning off the comp. So I do have something better to do. Talking of ball game, Manchester United have been eliminated from european championship of this makes any sence to you. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/4494936.stm |
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