error / hack activation code

green420 · 15 Dec 2010

ok here is the question.

i have windows 7 home prem 64bit, and my computer crashed today. with that sad i had to reinstall win 7, when it came time to enter the product key it said invalid. so i got all pissed and just started to type stuff in the key field after like 20 sec i enterd 0000-0000-0000-0000-0000 and it worked. no i went to system properties and it says windows is activated with the code with all 0's. not im thinking that i hack windows some how or used a master code. any help will be great i just want to know what the all 0 code is.

thanks adam

Brink · 15 Dec 2010

Hello Green, and welcome to Seven Forums.

To avoid your copy of Windows 7 from becoming non genuine and not activated again, I would recommend that you change the product key number with your legal one, then activate by phone if it will not let you activate online.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

green420 · 15 Dec 2010

thanks man ill try that out

but do you know if the all 0's is like a master key?

Brink · 15 Dec 2010

You're welcome.

I have never heard of that before, but I wouldn't count on it to stay activated like that for long though.

jimbo45 · 15 Dec 2010

Hi there
You'll get asked to activate Windows again in a few days.

The all ZEROS is just a mechanism of allowing unattended Windows installs (like SYSPREP with XP / VISTA)
to proceed where you don't have a valid license code or an Enterprise key.

It will allow you to INSTALL windows but will eventually ask for (re-)activation.

cheers
jimbo

Abhishek Ghosh · 15 Dec 2010

As Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) checking is a recurrent process; even if any key activates Windows 7 temporally , in long run it will fail.

Its better to follow Shawn's way.

green420 · 15 Dec 2010

thanks all