Activation Number To Ring
Sep 27, 2008
I have been using my PC for a few months, and it needed to get sent in to a techie a week or so ago who swapped around some hardware trying to fix a problem. After it came back, but before I turned it on, I installed a new RAM stick. When I turn it on it needs to be activated straight away. Sure, I thought, major hardware change, I will just activate it again, like I phone activated before. But I can't activate. When I try and get it to phone activate, the screen comes up with the number to ring, and a space to type in my 'confirmation ID' given to me by the phone service. But to get my 'Confirmation ID' I need to give an 'Installation ID to the phone service, and I don't have an 'Installation ID'. I cannot activate by internet either, My PC doesn't have internet access. I put in a dial up modem, but whenever I try to set up an internet connection, I just get cryptic errors. I should add that I can't do anything on the PC in the meantime, every time I start up I just get this problem.
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Dec 27, 2008
Installed above today and got 2 errors, firstly StartSmart doesnt open at all, get the Nero Ring, but nothing opens. Also Vision returns this error "Unable to initialize the Nero API" It worked fine on my XP, tried the CleanUpTool, complete uninstall and fresh re-install, still the same, are there compatability issues with Vista?
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Apr 5, 2008
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Mar 26, 2008
My laptop came with Vista Home Premium installed. I downloaded a Flash-BIOS update as per advice of my HP Care Centre. After it was done installing my laptop shut off (as I was told it would do). When I turned it back on, I was prompted to enter a Product Activation Key. I entered the Windows Product Key as shown on the sticker on the base of the laptop. The message I received was "The Windows Vista Home Premium product key you typed is invalid for activation" For the record, YES, I am entering the code in properly.
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Sep 7, 2009
i have recently bought a Toshiba L500 (Australian model) and played for awhile and have realised the number 1 keys is hard to push, so when i press it down mutiple 11111111111111111111 appear and becomes stuck and when i un-jig it, it stops and pushing down is harder than the surrounding numeric numbers so it definitely indicates something is wrong. (top row of numbers) can it be fixed at a service center or go back and get a new 1, or are there other options?
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Mar 23, 2008
I've been running my legit copy of vista ultimate upgrade for a year,now suddenly after sp1 installed I see a little reference to activation "1 day to activate windows!!!. So I activate and get " The product key you typed is already in use" !!! Well yes - -that's me so what now from the options of use automated phone system- - -contact Microsoft to help resolve problem?? I'm going to get charged for this??
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Apr 11, 2009
I got a problem with a reinstall of Vista 64 Home Premium. A few days ago I tried to manually force activation of Vista, and I was told the key was already in use. I thought it was due to recently reinstalling it so I just let it go. Today it tried to automatically activate and it failed. The error is the same that the key is already being used.
1. I have no other PC's with Vista on.
2. Nobody visited me recently, and I can't think of anyone I know who would steal the key.
3. I never posted my key anywhere online
What can I do in this situation? When I click a support link in the activation window I am being told support cost 540 Dkr which translates to US$80-90 which is almost as much as I paid for my Vista!
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Apr 7, 2009
When I go to a folder and do a right mouse click and go to properties it will show me the number of files I have but not the number of subfolders. How can I find out how many subfolders I have?
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Jul 5, 2008
I install vista home premium in my computer,it is activated,but when i reinstall the windows and activate,it says it already in use and i activated using phone .do i have to active by phone every time i re install?
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Mar 23, 2008
i have just bought a machine from a friend and with it was given windows vista 64 bit. Being paranoid I did a full format and installed everything from scratch using the vista disk and product key supplied.I have the original hologram disk and case and the sticker which i have placed onto my computer case as directed however when i try to activate via
the net i am told that the product is already registered and i need to purchase another licence the software is only installed on one machine what do i need to do.
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Feb 2, 2010
I had to reinstall vista from the disk supplied by evesham last month and it is now asking for the activation code. I was wondering if there is anyway i can get hold of this.
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Aug 10, 2009
I have a 2 month old HP tx2 notebook. It activated fine when first booted. Used it abouy a month and IE crashed with a BSOD, and upon recovery I have a notice on the bottom of the desktop that it says this copy of windows in not genuine. When I reboot it says I must activate. When I try it fails and the only options are new product key or contact HP. I called HP and they said to use the key off the bottom of the computer which does not work. They then want me to do a complete reinstall which is quite unacceptible with all the work it took to get this new machine loaded to work with.
Can i buy a new license and be sure it is going to take. Buying a new copy of home premium unfair but is way better than all the work I would have to do otherwise. The OS is home premium 64 bit. I would not want to install a new copy because of the driver issues (touchsmart), I just want to use the key. When I try to activate I get: Buy new product key online. Try a different product key Contact Hewlett-Packard to help resolve this proble Have tried option 2 and 3 to no avail.
I would try option 1 if I could be assured it would work without loss of data. HP says to reinstall the OS. They told me Microsoft does not support OEM installs. Why not? There is no phone option. when I try to input a new key I get an 0xC004E003 error. Updates work fine and all my software works as well.The desktop background does not work and it has the not genuine at the right bottom corner. There does not seem to be a count down timer either.
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Jan 13, 2009
I recieved my new hard drive in the mail today and so excited I switched out my 250gb for my new 750gb without reformating or anything. So, now I am not sure what to do because it says my activation key is still active from my other hdd. Oh and if it helps I went from 32bit on 250 to 64bit on the 750. I bought Vista Ultimate in 2007, so I have the RTM version of it.
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Jan 9, 2008
No this is nothing to do with Piracy and whatnot, my Vista is perfectly legal (and I have the Credit card bill to prove this.). I am on my "1st build" and am currently using the "30 day trial" - the reason for this was that I wanted to be sure that everything ran smoothly before I activated the software, mainly because I was unsure about whether or not x64 would play nice (and I may have had to install x32 instead) It does, and I'm chuffed.
My main Q is, should I activate... and say in 6 months time, I have to do a fresh build , I assume that I will be able to without incident (worst case scenario I have to phone MS, but then I did that with XP and had no problems.) Secondly, should I wish to change Hardware i.e. Graphics card / adding another hard drive (which are about the only two upgrades I'd do to this monster of a machine) after activation, I assume thats allowed ?
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Jun 9, 2009
I just bought a used tablet PC with vista ultimate on it. I have spent the past 2 days updating and putting all of my software on it but now it says there's some kind activation exploit on it and that it will probably kill the OS pretty soon because this is a no-no. Nowhere in the notice did it tell me I could just buy a new serial number. It also gave me no option for removing the exploit.
I want to buy a legal copy and fix the issue but I don't want to re-install everything. Is this possible? (I closed the message and I don't know how to bring it back so I do not know the name of the exploit). Also- the guy who sold me the computer had at least a dozen other used machines all running Vista. There was no old software on the tablet, so I'm pretty sure he put the OS on the tablet (and the exploit). Should Microsoft be notified? He's in the Seattle area, close to the mothership...
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Jun 2, 2008
I just finished re-installing my full retail version of Vista Home Premium on a different machine and expected activation to fail with a new motherboard and hard drive. But, when I clicked for it to activate expecting to have to phone in for approval since it was on a different machine, it activated automatically. I think this may be related to installing SP1 from a purchased disk from NewEgg and may have confused Windows into thinking it was already activated before SP1 was installed?
I don't think the O.S. is being recognized as valid when I try to download the Media Center Guide. I get a constant error code 13 and can't download the guide. I have been to Windows Update and downloaded a number of post SP1 updates without problem but no go with the Guide. Is there a window site I can go to to make sure my installation is validated? Perhaps after it is properly validated the Guide downloads will work? I installed SP1 from the disk right after the O.S. install without going to Window Update and I think I may have skipped a step where my O.S.
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Nov 15, 2009
I bought Vista Home Premium in Sept,2009.I just reinstalled it on the same machine with Windows seven,I purchased windows 7 from Microsoft, What is the telephone number I can call.I have been up all night trying to repair and install Vista.
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Mar 23, 2008
I bought a upgrade version (Vista Home Premium) yesterday and did a clean install (backup'd files I still needed). Everything is working fine accept for the fact that i can't activate Vista. When i enter my product key it says that this version is meant for upgrade and not for a new install. I found that a bitt odd because I had to clean install. Anyway, now i'm trying to get a new license key and I keep getting this error: Error We are unable to process your order at this time. Please try again later. Error Code: 1067
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Feb 16, 2009
Just obtained new Owner Version of Ultimate (32 and 64). It says 3 different installs allowed. I wish to use it on 2 hard drives in same computer, one 64 bit, one 32 bit for testing our AutoCAD Addin Sofware. Will likely re-do the current 64 install (done by this owned package) to 32 (as 64 is on the new & larger drive, a mistake on my part), then install 64 again, but on smaller hard drive. This has me concerned as to how MS views the number of installs (limitted number), especially as within the same computer, same basic configuration.
1. Will I soon run out of my allowed installs, or will they be considered as just one as is on same machine??
2. Does MS have any problem with 2 installs active on one computer (separate hard drives)?
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Mar 5, 2009
I noticed that my 280GB hard disk is seemingly suddenly down to 20GB. I see that my used shadow storage space is 86GB and the allocated shadow space is 88GB and the max shadow space is "unbounded." I have the commands to resize the max space, but I don't know what to resize it to. I know I have about 150GB of programs, files, etc on my c: drive. Can you advise? Is it possible to determine the actual number of restore points that are kept and then simply decrease that number? It would seem that with most problems you wouldn't necessarily want to go back more than 3 or 4 points, would you? I just don't know how the shadow size corresponds to the number of restore points that are kept. 80+ GB just seems completely unreasonable! Incidentally, I also have a recovery drive, presumably created by the computer mfgr (Dell) with 15GB total, and 5GB free.
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May 23, 2009
Purchased: New Systemax Computer from TigerDirect.com, Has Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64bit installed. The installed O.S. has a O.E.M. volume license number. The unit came with a Windows O.S. Cd with it's own product key. Can I change the volume license number to the individual computer product key without reinstalling the operating system.? If this is possible how do I proceed? Does the different product key automatically activate?
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Jan 27, 2010
when I try to send emails I get the following error - The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account: 'mail.comcast.net', Server: 'mail.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 587, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
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Mar 13, 2009
I keep getting this: Account: 'mail.insightbb.com', Server: 'mail.insightbb.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC19
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Mar 23, 2008
The message could not be sent. The authentication setting might not be correct for your outgoing e-mail [SMTP] server. For help solving this problem, go to Help, search for "Troubleshoot Windows Mail", and read the "I'm having problems sending e-mail" section. If you need help determining the proper server settings, please contact your e-mail service provider.
The rejected e-mail address was 'sue_collins@btopenworld.com'. Subject 'btopenworld only', Account: 'mail.btinternet.com', Server: 'mail.btinternet.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '530 authentication required - Your email could not be sent. To fix this you must make a simple change to your email (known as SMTP authentication). For advice visit www.btyahoo.com/smtp', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 530, Error Number: 0x800CCC78
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Oct 2, 2008
To read the whole article go to
BIOS settings demystified | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com
BIOS setting demystified
I find that when it comes to people building their own PCs (or tweaking their existing rig) then the mysteries that lay within the BIOS settings are scarier to most people than anything hardware related. Let’s do something about that!
I can see why the myriad of BIOS settings instill part excitement and part fear in many people. After all, it’s almost impossible to connect two bits of hardware together in the wrong way, and hard to break anything unless you are being particularly clumsy or using hulk-like strength to force incompatible parts together. But when it comes to the BIOS settings, it seems like there are an infinite number of settings that can be fiddled with, and each of the individual settings seems to have dozens of possible values.........
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May 28, 2008
I am trying to number file names sequentially. It works, but not how I would like. I am trying to number file names as: Filename (10), Filename (11), Filename (12). What I get is: Filename (10), Filename (2), Filename (3)... How do I do what I want?
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Feb 11, 2009
I have this problem with Vista64. After every updates from M$ I get this error: The file /windows/system32/hall.dll is broken and the error number 0xc00000e9. If I am a standard user I would have no chance to recover it. Sometimes it helps to put the install dvd in the drive and wait what happens. But sometimes I must recover this file directly from DVD with another computer and copy it to my system. Finally after approx. 2 hours of playing my system alives, but with the fear what the future brings. Has anybody same problem? If yes how do you solve it?
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Sep 15, 2009
Then upgraded the OS to Windows Vista Home Basic by purchasing the full upgrade of Windows Vista Home Basic with a new COA. Now, the computer loads very slow and they want it back to XP. If ever I uninstall Vista on that computer, and re-install Windows XP can I use the old COA of the computer on that PC?; and Will I be able to use the Vista COA on another PC?
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Mar 31, 2008
Does Vista have a method of verifying activation status when activation has been transfered to another computer? I recently built a new system and activated my Retail Vista License on that machine. Interestingly, the "old" machine no longer will finish booting it "hangs" shortly after starting and a network connection never occurs. Is there some "deactivation" scheme to prevent a user from running more than one copy of the program?
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May 6, 2008
I am not sure if I have been scammed by the seller of my computer or if I have some other issues that are causing my validation to be required. In one place it says that I may be a victim of software counterfeiting. When I chose to go online and resolve it will not validate. In the other place it says to activate windows now. I purchased the computer in November 2007 and haven't had any problems until this month. Is it a coincedence that it has been 6 months? Today is my last day to activate and would like to know the best steps to take to resolve this issue.
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May 29, 2008
When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't exist). So I'm unable to activate my Windows Vista. This may result in problems within 3 days.
My vista license is a MS-KISS license.
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