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Dual boot - remove one OS.
Everything went just fine and the system runs just fine under XP and Vista. I did this about a week ago, and a couple of times since, I saw a momentary popup appear, something about not being able to activate windows (running Vista at the time) but didn't pay much attention to it. Last night it popped up again and

Vista any good ?
WPA (Windows Product Activation) will then generate a unique key (based on the product key) for you to give to the MS customer service, and they will provide you back the activation key. Or are you experiencing something different on Vista than on XP? :) -- Jabez Gan Give me a chance, Let me help you!

Activation request on new HP desktop with Vista pre-installed
I had to totally recover my new HP slimline in the process (may have something to do with my current dilema). I have been using Vista Ultimate without problem now for four or five weeks. During this period, every now and then, the 'Activate Windows Now' balloon would pop up, I'd enter the product key as instructed,

GNU/Linux a Case of Escaping Draconian EULA, Restoring Rights
The only thing I have notices is sometimes Sidebar forgets the order of its apps on reboot. I did have to re-activate Windows OneCare, which was odd since that I was running a beta under a beta, but now that I have th final versions of both, I am suspecting it has something to do with Vista's security features.

Unable to activate Windows Vista!
To activate Vista, click Show more details in the Welcome Center that automatically displays upon each boot-up, then click Activate Windows now. If you've dismissed the Welcome It's something that's been deliberately programmed into the approved setup routine. Microsoft spent years developing and testing Vista.

Windows asking me to activate Vista again (activation)
Mac (Croatia) MacCroa...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup But my C Partition is already "active" one ! .... my Vista partition suddenly decide that it's the C partition and not the F partition--which I think it ought to be, but won't that mess up some apps or something?

Downgrading Vista Business OEM to XP Pro OEM, Possible?
So still no solution for being wrongfully asked to reactivate my Windows. Any other solutions? As to the cause, it's probably got something to do with installing drivers or I got vista about a month ago and I just put new memory in today. I noticed that it wants me to re-activate windows. When I go to do that,

Windows Vista activation
John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup The drive letter of some programs is hard coded (includes the nVidia drivers for the .... suddenly decide that it's the C partition and not the F partition--which I think it ought to be, but won't that mess up some apps or something?

KMS vs. MAK
Something wrong is with Vista. I hope for SP1 soon. "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote: On Fri, 18 May 2007 09:00:12 -0700, Swain Hey mikeyhsd, it says the same thing : "You have 3 days to activate windows" and then when I try it says it's already in use...so uh..should I contact the same people? and how?

Dual boot - remove one OS.
Tracy Rich TracyR...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista administration_accounts_passwords I am trying to add an active directory console (MMC) like I had in XP. Is there an administrative tools that can be downloaded? It was included in SP2 for XP, is there something similar in Vista?

Vista Product Key Problem
After a Pò of googolare and some test with some live-disk gnu/linux, the problem comes found in one absence of the flag of boot of the partition windows united to a wrong settaggio of Hopefully someone can help me. http://groups.google.com/group/it-cafe/web/windows-vista---winload-exe-missing-or-corrupt In italian!

Vista Sucks Sooo Much...
Two wrongs don't make a right Its not cause MONOPOLISTIC Microcrap decided to humiliate customers and require then to ask for permission to use something they bought in a store by Product Activating XP that now all software in the world must also have it Product Activation is against consumer rights and I will

US military div switching to Mac..............
I've heard that if i replace more than 3 hardware parts in my computer within 90 days, I will have to call Microsoft to activate Windows again, is this true? .... Additionally, OS X is not widely pirated, as Windows is. Pirating of its software causes a major dent in its revenue stream. Something must be done in

Pre-installed Home Premium Vista Activation
Richard G. Harper rghar...@email.com microsoft public windows vista general Unless Sony knows something about its drivers that I don't, there's no difference A Vista DVD won't do you any good unless it also comes with a key to activate Windows. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rghar...@gmail.com * NEW!

50 Reasons to Switch from Windows to OS X
Windows was deactivated due to a hardware change. You must activate Windows within 3 days or Windows will stop working. Click to start activation..." http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=212977&tag=nl.e550 I would hate to be in the position of agreeing with you on something,

How to activate Windows Vista beta1 without a network driver s
A Baffled User vze26...@verizon.net microsoft public windows vista general "Bob" <nowh...@nowhere.net> wrote in message Did I do something wrong? Enter "net user administrator /active:no" That's it. No * or an other punctuation. The easiest way to be sure you are correct is to copy and paste the following: net

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
The activation key is a very long number that you need to enter when you activate by phone, and is provided by the machine on the other line. I'm not talking about a product key. I have a legal product key, pasted on my notebook, for Windows Vista Business, so if someone or something asks for it, I can provide it.

Windows Vista Ultimate Re-Activation?
When windows vista is selected, BOOTMGR transfer control to the Windows Loader (winload.exe) or winresume.exe in case the system was hibernated. 9. BTW Clint, you did some nice work in your article and is is very nice. Just one thing, as you can see the reg key has quotes and a back slashes before and after

Microsoft: The Long Road Downhill
"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" Darre...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Hello Patrick You should be able to use either MAK or KMS keys. You can test with the MAK key, The KMS looks to me like the best option, but then you must install 25 machines within 30 days before something happens.

Vista Retail = OEM?
Paul Smith P...@nospam.windowsresource.net microsoft public windows vista security What do you mean the files are "read only" are they actually marked as read only in their properties, Once; I dont know how; I managed to turn it off; but every single time that I installed something new it went to read only.