On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:41:06 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 17:17:38 -0500, wrote:

Got to it - something wrong with the win7 install - it does not see
the key as valid - get 0xc004e003 error.

Reinstalling win 7 pro - see what happens this time. It's an older
computer - with an AMD processor - so I'm not going to waste much time
on it. If it doesn't work this time I'll "bin" it.

This applies to Vista and likely Win 7 / 10

1. Click on the Start button and in the Start Search box type in:
slui.exe 4

2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard.

3. Select your Country.

4. Follow the instructions for phone activation (no charge).

NOTE: When you call that number, you will first hear an Automated
Voice. If the Automated Voice gives you an option to talk to a
Live Activation Rep, select that option. If not, do not enter any
numbers. This should force the Automated Voice to transfer you to
a Live Activation Rep. Trying to activate thru the Automated Voice
will not work, in your case, only thru the Live Activation Rep
will your activation be successful.


Only other thing I can think of there were a number of hardware
changes?
I've tried the slui route - and it doesn't get me anywhere. It is a
fresh re-install, so no hardware changes. It doesn't even get me to
the phone activation point.

Oren pretended :
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:06:59 -0600, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

I have 2 W10 installations. One is an update from W8.1, and shows as
activated. The other is a clean installation that shows as not
activated. Both have been there since summer. There seems to be NO
difference in the updates available and installed on them.

Don't you need to activate in a certain number of days?

I didn't. I ran W10 for several weeks without activating.

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:06:45 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

Oren pretended :
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:06:59 -0600, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

I have 2 W10 installations. One is an update from W8.1, and shows as
activated. The other is a clean installation that shows as not
activated. Both have been there since summer. There seems to be NO
difference in the updates available and installed on them.

Don't you need to activate in a certain number of days?

I didn't. I ran W10 for several weeks without activating.

I fixed a laptop for my bride's friend. It had a corrupted
certificate -- new clean install Win7 SP1 and updates, finally did
confirm activation. Used the (case) label product key and NOT the OEM
product key. Bang! Good as new.

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:04:20 -0500, wrote:

I've tried the slui route - and it doesn't get me anywhere. It is a
fresh re-install, so no hardware changes. It doesn't even get me to
the phone activation point.

OEM product key or the product key from the label on the machine case?
They are different if you got the key from the register. Use the one
the case label, instead.

Oren used his keyboard to write :
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:06:45 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

Oren pretended :
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:06:59 -0600, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

I have 2 W10 installations. One is an update from W8.1, and shows as
activated. The other is a clean installation that shows as not
activated. Both have been there since summer. There seems to be NO
difference in the updates available and installed on them.

Don't you need to activate in a certain number of days?

I didn't. I ran W10 for several weeks without activating.

I fixed a laptop for my bride's friend. It had a corrupted
certificate -- new clean install Win7 SP1 and updates, finally did
confirm activation. Used the (case) label product key and NOT the OEM
product key. Bang! Good as new.

I tried that with this Inspiron 660. I input the # from the MS tag on
the case, [which was originally W8] and no joy. I tried NOT inputting
the activation # and still no joy.
Why can't MS just do like they did with W95, W98, WME?

On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:05:17 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

Why can't MS just do like they did with W95, W98, WME?

Money. "Everything centers around the dollar." $$

On 12/23/2015 04:15 PM, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:06:59 -0600, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

I have 2 W10 installations. One is an update from W8.1, and shows as
activated. The other is a clean installation that shows as not
activated. Both have been there since summer. There seems to be NO
difference in the updates available and installed on them.

Don't you need to activate in a certain number of days?


These installations were made at the time time this summer. I left one
non-activated to see what would happen. The only difference I see so far
is desktop message (and the one in "about").

BTW, I don't use (or even have) a Microsoft account.

--
1 day until the winter celebration (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM
for 1 day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Heaven might be defined as a place men avoid." -- Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862), Excursions, 1863

On Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 2:14:04 PM UTC-6, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:05:17 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

Why can't MS just do like they did with W95, W98, WME?

Money. "Everything centers around the dollar." $$

Gates is worth $80 billion. Quite a climb up the financial ladder from starting out in his parent's garage. Richest geek in the world. Š™.˜‰

[8~{} Uncle Po Monster