graememk
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 12:04 PM |
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strange microsoft going on
i've had 6 pc in the shop today that require activation 4 with genuine licence and 2 without.
wonder what microsoft are up to ?
edit.... yes re-activaion....
2nd edit 2x more pc's in
[Edited on 12/7/07 by graememk]
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scottc
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 12:07 PM |
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Re-activation?
Or had they not been activated before?
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scottc
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 12:45 PM |
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Does it ask for the seriel number again?
Might not be MS, might just be something thats deleted the reg key. virus / spyware / malware.
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scottc
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 12:47 PM |
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Bet these are all Vista machines 
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graememk
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 01:00 PM |
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nope all xp oem pc mixed makes and yes it is microsoft asking
there must be a update that knocking out multiple activation of serial numbers
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scottc
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 01:06 PM |
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They've probably lost one of their Activation databases
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scottc
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 01:46 PM |
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Wasn't patch Tuesday on the 13th last month? 30 days ago!!
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vinny1275
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 02:08 PM |
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It was patch Tuesday this week. There were a few critical updates iirc.
Nothing in our network has needed it - all have OEM copies of XP Pro. Are the affected ones XP home?
Cheers
Vince
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dave1888
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 04:25 PM |
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I have been informed by microsoft that my software is not genuine. The software was installed on the laptop when i bought it from comet, now i am no
longer getting updates.
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