[access-uk] Re: Windows XP validation
- From: "kevin and emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:09:43 +0100
oh genius! well i hope they do something about their custoemr support
helpline before that happens! after my reformat last week, we couldn't get
the internet registration to work despite the fact my product key has been
stuck to the side of my pc since the day i bought it and worked before. so
we thought we'd ring customer support here in the UK. brilliant idea! ...
not! either we were just unlucky, or microsoft are one of those companies
who transfer your call abroad to a call centre in a cheaper country. we
spoke to 3 people over an hour and a half period, all sounded japanese or
malaysian. and no offense meant to any people on the list from either place.
but their english was minimal, their understanding of pc's even less so, and
their ability to even take down my product key accurately, non existent!!
now maybe as i said we were just unlucky, but if that's anything like
typical, then god help us all if we have to telephone in the future to
register!!
we did get my winXP copy registered on about the 43rd attempt, using the
same product key we'd been using on the other 42 attempts. i don't condone
piracy, but after that evening i can understand why some people can't be
bothered with the hassle of authorising a genuine copy. smile. seriously
though, it's no fun sitting there trying to register a genuine product you
know is genuine and that has been in use for 3 years, and when you ring
someone who is supposed to help, you find they seem to know even less than
you do!
sorry all! rant over now! grin.
kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list
email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:53 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows XP validation
Correct! Microsoft are already scrapping the Internet
activation in favour of having people call by telephone.
George.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vanja Sudar
> Sent: 28 April 2005 15:13
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows XP validation
>
> I totally agree with you. However, the problem is that,
as
> far as I understood it, soon you will have to validate
your
> windows, otherwise you won't be able to download windows
> updates apart from very critical ones. I might be wrong,
but
> that's how I understood what I read in various PC
magazines,
> newsletters ETC.
> Vanja
> MSN messenger: sudar23@xxxxxxxxxxx
> AIM: vanja121
> Skype: vanja121
> http://www.sudar.co.uk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:30 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows XP validation
>
>
> > The question I asked myself faced with this was, why
should
> I want to
> > validate if I suspected I actually had an illegal copy
of
> Windows. If
> > I knew I had a legal copy why would I want to validete
it
> other than
> > have a self assured smugness confirmed. Microsoft are
> hoping to catch
> > the very stupid or self satisfied with this game I dunno
which.
> >
> > I downloaded the the Anti-Spyware without validating
there is an
> > option not to do this, my logic being that since I also
own
> a Toshiba
> > laptop which comes with a Windows XP pre-installed
> including recovery
> > CD I didn't need to. It certainly looked like it would
> take a little
> > while longer to validate than I was prepared to wait.
> >
> > Unless Toshiba are in the habit of dodgy licenses for
> Windows (which I
> > profoundly rather doubt) I think you can usefully skip
it too.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Tristram Llewellyn
> > Sight and Sound Technology
> > Technical Support
> > www.sightandsound.co.uk
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:26 PM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows XP validation
> >
> >
> > And what did Dolphin say?
> >
> > George.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clive
Pallett
> > Sent: 27 April 2005 21:21
> > To: Access-UK
> > Subject: [access-uk] Windows XP validation
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Has anyone downloaded Microsoft's anti-spyware program?
It is
> > currently in beta and can be found at:
> >
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/de
> > fault.mspx
> >
> > I am having problems with the download on my Toshiba
satellite A60
> > laptop running windows XP Home. You are advised to have
> your windows
> > XP installation validated before download can begin, and
> this is done
> > with a file called GenuineCheck.exe which scans your
> installation and
> > generates a validation code which can either be copied
and
> pasted or
> > typed into the editbox on the page and then you select
the continue
> > button. when I did this I was told the validation code
was not
> > accepted and more information was required. I was then
prompted to
> > enter my product key on the installation CD. this also
was not
> > accepted and further information was asked for, such as
the
> > manufacture of the computer.
> >
> > As I purchased the computer from dolphin I contacted
their support
> > department with details of my problem. Apart from this,
> everything is
> > fine and the system is fully updated.
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
> > thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Clive Pallett
> >
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