Activate. - . Not again.

[effpeetee]

After re-activating my Windows 7 Professional on three previous occasions**, I am being asked to do it again.
How can I make the procedure permanent?

**Apparently successfully -Using the 'phone method.


Frank

PS The program was bought new - not an upgrade- from AMAZON.:thumbsup:

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Sighs, Frank we have told you time and time again that even though you bought it, because you have reinstalled over and over again when many of those times it wasn't the OS at fault. But because you have reached the limit of reinstalling you will need to reactivate EVERY time you reinstall. There is NO way to make it permanent unless you actually buy another Windows 7 key.

[primefalcon]

even then it['s not permanent, since with a new code it'll only last for 3-4 reinstalls before it starts needing phone calls every time again.

That's just the way it is with Windows, it's Microsoft's way of combating piracy and stopping you from installing windows on more than 1 machine (which your not aloud to do)

[effpeetee]

The last time that I had a problem, I had been using it without trouble for several days, having done the phone thing and successfully activated it earlier. Suddenly and without any input from me, it activated itself and rejected it. I had done nothing to provoke it. The hardware on my PC is original and has not been changed. I am going to try to put XP back. It can't be worse. I now have Ubuntu as an alternative. Once I have all the functionality of my Windows set up, I will go over to it permanently.

Thank you all for your input. (Sorry about the 'sighs' Aero)

Frank

Frank

[primefalcon]

Wait a second, you already have it activated and without reinstalling or anything, it's trying to reactivate and being rejected?

[effpeetee]

Yes, but not immediately. a few days later.

Weird innit?

According to "Windows 7 INSIDE OUT" from Microsoft Press; One can re-install Windows 7 on the same computer without limit.

EDIT: I have another program that does a similar check as MS. It never give me any trouble.

Frank

[primefalcon]

Yes, but not immediately. a few days later.

Weird innit?

That is weird

According to "Windows 7 INSIDE OUT" from Microsoft Press; One can re-install Windows 7 on the same computer without limit.
Yes you can, but you also have to call Microsoft without limit after the 3rd-4th time

[effpeetee]

Yes you can, but you also have to call Microsoft without limit after the 3rd-4th time

All rather pointless don't you think?

Incidentally: what is the best html editor for Linux?

Frank

[primefalcon]

Personally I use either gedit (graphical text editor) with syntax highlighting and line numbers turned on or VIM (command line text editor). I probably end up using VIM a lot more since it easy and quick especially if ssh'ing

They're both text editors though which is how I personally like to code, if you want something a little more wysiwyg I've heard nvu is decent, though I haven't used it since, as I said I was hand coding before I started using Linux

[effpeetee]

Thanks. I use HTMLPad with windows. I was looking for something similar. It is an editor with checking facilities and a viewing facility built in.

I never use WYSIWYG although my Best address editor will do this.

I still have a long way to go to find Linux equivs. to my Windows setup. Linux is a whole new ball-game to me and at my age I find it difficult for an 'old dog to learn new tricks.' woof, woof!

Frank


Frank

[primefalcon]

I have a web server set up on my computer for local testing of web content, installing a functional web server in Ubuntu is as easy as:

sudo apt-get install apache2

Then you can just load any web files into you want into the folder/directory /var/www/, and to view them in your browser you just point the url to localhost.

As far as your age is concerned Frank once you get real familiar with something it can be hard to change no matter your age.... I know someone who is around 35 odd that detested Ubuntu simply because of the fact that there was no start button in the bottom left corner, I couldn't believe it when they told me that's the reason they couldn't use Ubuntu but, oh well.... but other people are adaptable, like yourself, even trying all this new stuff... You have my respect Frank.

The one real issue though is if you really need some windows based software, there isn't always that 100% compatibility. Wine is getting pretty dang good in that area though....

I believe the community support is a lot better than Microsoft since MS support always comes down to "it's not our problem, Call` <insert hardware maker here>", and then hardware company says call MS....... At least with the Ubuntu forums they will help to the best of their ability regardless, same as here. I've always been a fan of community support over corporate for that reason.

As far as general ease of use goes.... Linux of late especially distro's such as Ubuntu, Suse or mint are really up there. But since they are Linux you really do have the power there once you know how to use it. Also stability and security on Linux is second to none.

[gameutopia]

I have erased and formatted the same hard drive and re-installed windows xp home oem more than 5 times over the years. Exactly the same setup and every time the license key has worked, activated, updates allowed, etc. It was a real ms xp home oem I bought at a local computer warehouse. I honestly expected it to mess up with activation by now, but it hasn't.

I also have a win 7 computer pre-installed by manufacture of the computer. I do not have a original win 7 disk. It has you burn some recovery dvd's to restore or recover some how. Anyway in the near future I am thinking about erasing this one, reformatting and doing the recover restore thing just to do away with the clutter. But at the same time I am paranoid about losing my valid win7 or having to hassle with the reactivation. I hope I am allowed to do this without issue. I mean heck even the computer manual tells you to do this about 1x per year it says.

[primefalcon]

I have erased and formatted the same hard drive and re-installed windows xp home oem more than 5 times over the years. Exactly the same setup and every time the license key has worked, activated, updates allowed, etc. It was a real ms xp home oem I bought at a local computer warehouse. I honestly expected it to mess up with activation by now, but it hasn't.

I also have a win 7 computer pre-installed by manufacture of the computer. I do not have a original win 7 disk. It has you burn some recovery dvd's to restore or recover some how. Anyway in the near future I am thinking about erasing this one, reformatting and doing the recover restore thing just to do away with the clutter. But at the same time I am paranoid about losing my valid win7 or having to hassle with the reactivation. I hope I am allowed to do this without issue. I mean heck even the computer manual tells you to do this about 1x per year it says.
You'll be fine, just don't lose the burnt recovery disks or delete the recovery partition depending on what you have.... you'll be able to do this about 3-4 times before you have to start calling Microsoft each time and explaining your situation. I don't think they'd make it hard (this is conjecture, since I have never personally called MS), their concern is to combat piracy, and maybe (this is conjecture also) to force you to upgrade when they cease long term support in around.... 2020 or so.... which I think is also around the same time XP will now be supported to.... wow XP has been giving a huge life from demand.

[oracleguy]

2020 or so.... which I think is also around the same time XP will now be supported to.... wow XP has been giving a huge life from demand.

It is still 2014.... (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&C2=1173) I seriously doubt Microsoft will extend it considering they will have already supported it for 13 years at that point, which is more than plenty.

[primefalcon]

It is still 2014.... (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&C2=1173) I seriously doubt Microsoft will extend it considering they will have already supported it for 13 years at that point, which is more than plenty.
Well they have extended the downgrade rights until 2020, so until then you'll still be able to buy XP until 2020..

http://www.techspot.com/news/39619-windows-xp-downgrade-rights-extended-until-2020-%5Bupdated%5D.html

While yes that's not full support or anything it means they will be managing the Activations and whatever so.... What I wonder about though is the critical security fixes.

[oracleguy]

While yes that's not full support or anything it means they will be managing the Activations and whatever so.... What I wonder about though is the critical security fixes.

Security fixes and all updates will end in 2014. That is what the extended support is providing, updates for critical security problems.