Same activation issue here.

I'd love to see a class action against MS for the amount of time that is
wasted by computer professionals that can't be charged out due to this
obsession with the legalisation of software.

Funny how when it suited MS for marketing purposes back in the days when
every network node needed a different serial that MS brought out an OS (Win
3.1) that didn't need any serial or at least didn't check the serial.

Poor old MS can't make enough cash without making a system that blows hours
to dust for the IT community.

This is what happens when Lawyers run the world! We all have to pay up for
the privilege of having our time wasted. Burn the lot at the steak. The cash
saved by removing them from the planet is far more than the costs of piracy.

Here's how this waste of time goes...

Client hands over laptop that is looping on activation...
Yani does a Google to see what is happening...
Instruction > Reload XP from original disks
2 hours later XP is reloaded
XP fails to log on to the Internet some IE error
Yani loads XP SP2 from disks
Computer reboots
XP returns to looping on activation

That 4 hours so far...
And where am I??? Right back where I started!



Here's another...

Client hands over Acer computer
Acer don't provide XP disk with machines just preloaded software pre
activated.
Motherboard is blown and needs to be replaced.
XP fails to boot with new Intel board.
Yani gets out XP disk.
Acer XP code fails to work with XP disk they have some special keys of their
own.

Client is going ape about the time being taken.

Yani have to use one oh his own keys to load XP in the required time frame.

Seriously I support a class action against MS for being inept. There is
really no need for this to be such a problematic process.

Obviously the only option left that is time effective is to reformat the
drive.

I would be easier to load a pirate copy of Windows that included SP2 and was
pre activated.

There is another solution... Load Linux And that is exactly what is going to
happen here tonight.

If only this one a one off that only happened to me. But is is anything but.

Here's how this waste of time goes...

Client hands over laptop that is looping on activation...
Yani does a Google to see what is happening...
Instruction > Reload XP from original disks
2 hours later XP is reloaded
XP fails to log on to the Internet some IE error
Yani loads XP SP2 from disks
Computer reboots
XP returns to looping on activation

That 4 hours so far...
And where am I??? Right back where I started!



Here's another...

Client hands over Acer computer
Acer don't provide XP disk with machines just preloaded software pre
activated.
Motherboard is blown and needs to be replaced.
XP fails to boot with new Intel board.
Yani gets out XP disk.
Acer XP code fails to work with XP disk they have some special keys of their
own.

Client is going ape about the time being taken.

Yani have to use one oh his own keys to load XP in the required time frame.

Seriously I support a class action against MS for being inept. There is
really no need for this to be such a problematic process.

Obviously the only option left that is time effective is to reformat the
drive.

I would be easier to load a pirate copy of Windows that included SP2 and was
pre activated.

There is another solution... Load Linux And that is exactly what is going to
happen here tonight.

If only this one a one off that only happened to me. But is is anything but.

Yes. Finally, after deciding that i am not going to spend another 6 to 8
hours repeating the useless procedure of repair and hacking the OS was a
format and clean install. At least at safe mode, I could copy out my
personal data to a USB drive. But of course, I had to reinstall all my other
programs one by one. At least it worked. So to all reading this thread.
Forget about repairing it doesnt work. Just get to safe mode and copy out
all your data, reformat, and do a clean install. Reactivating through a
clean install is very much easier.

I believe the repair method suggest is a sick and sadistic way to torture us
users.

Regards,

VincentW

"Yani" wrote:

> Here's how this waste of time goes...
>
> Client hands over laptop that is looping on activation...
> Yani does a Google to see what is happening...
> Instruction > Reload XP from original disks
> 2 hours later XP is reloaded
> XP fails to log on to the Internet some IE error
> Yani loads XP SP2 from disks
> Computer reboots
> XP returns to looping on activation
>
> That 4 hours so far...
> And where am I??? Right back where I started!
>
>
>
> Here's another...
>
> Client hands over Acer computer
> Acer don't provide XP disk with machines just preloaded software pre
> activated.
> Motherboard is blown and needs to be replaced.
> XP fails to boot with new Intel board.
> Yani gets out XP disk.
> Acer XP code fails to work with XP disk they have some special keys of their
> own.
>
> Client is going ape about the time being taken.
>
> Yani have to use one oh his own keys to load XP in the required time frame.
>
> Seriously I support a class action against MS for being inept. There is
> really no need for this to be such a problematic process.
>
> Obviously the only option left that is time effective is to reformat the
> drive.
>
> I would be easier to load a pirate copy of Windows that included SP2 and was
> pre activated.
>
> There is another solution... Load Linux And that is exactly what is going to
> happen here tonight.
>
> If only this one a one off that only happened to me. But is is anything but.
>
>

Yes. Finally, after deciding that i am not going to spend another 6 to 8
hours repeating the useless procedure of repair and hacking the OS was a
format and clean install. At least at safe mode, I could copy out my
personal data to a USB drive. But of course, I had to reinstall all my other
programs one by one. At least it worked. So to all reading this thread.
Forget about repairing it doesnt work. Just get to safe mode and copy out
all your data, reformat, and do a clean install. Reactivating through a
clean install is very much easier.

I believe the repair method suggest is a sick and sadistic way to torture us
users.

Regards,

VincentW

"Yani" wrote:

> Here's how this waste of time goes...
>
> Client hands over laptop that is looping on activation...
> Yani does a Google to see what is happening...
> Instruction > Reload XP from original disks
> 2 hours later XP is reloaded
> XP fails to log on to the Internet some IE error
> Yani loads XP SP2 from disks
> Computer reboots
> XP returns to looping on activation
>
> That 4 hours so far...
> And where am I??? Right back where I started!
>
>
>
> Here's another...
>
> Client hands over Acer computer
> Acer don't provide XP disk with machines just preloaded software pre
> activated.
> Motherboard is blown and needs to be replaced.
> XP fails to boot with new Intel board.
> Yani gets out XP disk.
> Acer XP code fails to work with XP disk they have some special keys of their
> own.
>
> Client is going ape about the time being taken.
>
> Yani have to use one oh his own keys to load XP in the required time frame.
>
> Seriously I support a class action against MS for being inept. There is
> really no need for this to be such a problematic process.
>
> Obviously the only option left that is time effective is to reformat the
> drive.
>
> I would be easier to load a pirate copy of Windows that included SP2 and was
> pre activated.
>
> There is another solution... Load Linux And that is exactly what is going to
> happen here tonight.
>
> If only this one a one off that only happened to me. But is is anything but.
>
>

After a reformat it still wouldn't except the activation on the net using the
key on the bottom of the machine.

NOW I have to add that the key on the laptop is clear as but you can't read
what version of XP it is. So it might have be pro and not home.

Ring Ring Ring

You know what I think? I rekon MS are just handing out activation over the
phone without giving a damn unless there is clearly a copy that is using a
key that is in mass distribution as they know it totally sux.

Next time I'll just ring and not make such an effort to fuss with this on
the net. That what the advice should be.

It was || close to being linuxed.

Have you read the drama they have in store for us with Digital Restriction
Management? Here's a good read on that from a professor at Auckland Uni...

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.html

MS could have dumped DRM, given away one care for free, put a tad more
effort into spam control and eliminated the Zombies which are almost all on
their platform.

This is all just fat lawyers being allowed to set priorities. Like those
idiotic legalistic rants that go on for pages that we all tick like robots.
"You must read the terms and conditions." Oh must we just! LOL

After a reformat it still wouldn't except the activation on the net using the
key on the bottom of the machine.

NOW I have to add that the key on the laptop is clear as but you can't read
what version of XP it is. So it might have be pro and not home.

Ring Ring Ring

You know what I think? I rekon MS are just handing out activation over the
phone without giving a damn unless there is clearly a copy that is using a
key that is in mass distribution as they know it totally sux.

Next time I'll just ring and not make such an effort to fuss with this on
the net. That what the advice should be.

It was || close to being linuxed.

Have you read the drama they have in store for us with Digital Restriction
Management? Here's a good read on that from a professor at Auckland Uni...

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.html

MS could have dumped DRM, given away one care for free, put a tad more
effort into spam control and eliminated the Zombies which are almost all on
their platform.

This is all just fat lawyers being allowed to set priorities. Like those
idiotic legalistic rants that go on for pages that we all tick like robots.
"You must read the terms and conditions." Oh must we just! LOL