Tried to activate by phone - got invalid product message. Use the provided number to contact Microsoft. I tried to activate using the online option - got no such page. I am holding the Windows 7 Ultimate package in my hand with the nice holographic sticker containing my key. I see you confirmed this in a message above, but can I do something to verify that it won't block access to my windows in 2 days when activation period expires? That should help with downloads. This has worked for me.
Since there's not much info out there on the web unless you spend a considerable amount of time googling, I thought i'd post the solution so more people can find it quickly. Indeed it was virtually hours before the initial updates kicked in. Decline the activation and complete the installation. As to why the correct date and time seem to be required for activation, I have no idea. Worked in the past but required activation. All was working, but with a few quirks for about two days.
They were just fishing for answers. Know when to do this. I click activate, it says windows is activated but logs me out and repeats this over continuously. He finally says he will put me through to tech support. I get caught in a loop. After 10-15 minutes he came back and indicated that I needed to speak to a technical support agent.
Not very scientific but it worked. But, do they provide a way to re-activate existing installations? He then gets it to now display the activation application and he types in the code and activates it. Now it still asks me to activate before logging in, but when the activation screen loads it says windows is already activated and it logs me off. Luckily I found this awesome article. I found the network was ok put the sound card driver was not installed.
Like everything at Microsoft these days they are completely out of touch with reality and sensibility. I have used Dell branded media to in-place repair Allen-Bradley branded installs. I was able to boot up in Safe Mode per your help. All seemed to be going ok but when I tried to log on to an account owner or administrator were the defaults presented it told me again that I needed to activate windows! Takes a while so be patient. Nowadays you can much user-friendly and of course, free no licensing whatsoever.
He instantly went straight into the new product key and placed on hold. Sometimes when you're re-installing Windows with non-standard hardware, you may not be able to access Windows in order to activate. Restart Windows — you will get in — reactivation nag is now in System Tray. It goes like this so for other readers to know. Attempts to hand update via the microsoft site are blocked because I have an incomplete update and need to restart 3.
So, you have gained a time frame for ~30-60 seconds of fully functional system, period when, hopefully, you will be able to launch whatever program you want even if ~30-60 seconds later the Windows will lock it again your application is already up an running so you are happy; Windows has closed its Desktop, he think it's clever, it's happy too; everybody is happy now, right? If any major changes are detected, wpa. I know I put the right code in. Actually after the first registry hack the problem never occurred again as the involved registry key was set as read-only not even Windows could overwrite its value. But I still couldnt access the internet from there either. It does require the reading all 6 digits in all 9 sections. So, can you see the Permission submenu like in the image bellow? I've virtualized a running instance, because hardware failure is at some point inevitable. I recall that I was able to reactivate again even after the first registry hack.
When I went to log in it told me that I need to activate. This article is here for historical purposes only. Examples: Boeing and Airbus make goddamn airplanes with proprietary software and displays that don't require a Windows update, and their service life is 20-30 years. It will begin to ask you to activate incessantly, but wait until you have all the drivers then activate over the net. I used it as a testbed and installed Ubuntu on it, played with it for a bit, and then left it to sit in a corner. And that, to me, is the truly shameful part.
A real person who also had no idea what to do, and directed me to Microsoft technical support. Read an article about replacing sethc. Anyways, thanks for all your ideas! As others here have said, it only prevents the activation prompt at start-up without actually activating Windows. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Without exception, every method of authentication that I have seen in 30 years has been defeatable.
I swear, I will never buy another copy of Windows as long as I live. I am quite sure that I have the correct media. We have a volume license key. I tried the suggestions put forward. It also had a link to the Microsoft web site, supposedly for help sic , where it steered you to a page to purchase Windows 7.