Oh, FFS what next? 7 is de-activated...

[smarteyeball]

On this new PC build, to avoid 7 de-activating Vista, I installed and activated the beta first. I then installed Vista. All was good.

Since I've spent the majority of time re-setting up Vista, I haven't been booting into 7 all that much. When I did, it was only to discover a new 'problem'

Long story short: I'm in 7 and I just noticed a balloon tip telling me to activate the beta, so I checked, and sure enough the beta has 16 days left to activate :devil: You have got to be flapping well kidding me...

I just know that if I re-activate the beta, it will knock out Vista again and I'm not in the mood to install another copy of Vista to re-activate the original one. (My work around from last time) I've had my current fill of OS installing

I'm seriously thinking of ditching this build and waiting for the 'public' one.

Has anyone else had the pleasure of having their 6801 build becoming deactivated, or am I on my own again with this particular treat?

(sorry all, but sh*t I'm cranky ATM:shock

 

[mansrm81]

I haven't booted 7 in a week or so. Maybe its just you cause your name is beta breaker

 

[smarteyeball]

I'm living up to it

 

[MegaFixer]

most of current activators do not disable the baloon notification, they just prolong to infinite your expiration date, so after the expiration date expires your baloon will get away however your 7 will be continuing to work... in other words, no need for re-activation

 

[Mark]

I have had no problems with Activation and didn't even need to do it over the phone it was all in the click of a button . Since I activated it and have never had any balloons telling me to activate again, nor have I experienced any problems with my Vista install, I am on a Dual boot on separate hard drives and both are 64bit versions and I had Vista installed first .

So to sum it all up, I think that you are just plain unlucky and maybe you have jinxed yourself with the title of Beta Breaker .

 

[wysiwyg]

Same here just activated mine today, 32bit, over the phone.

No problem

 

[Ex_Brit]

On this new PC build, to avoid 7 de-activating Vista, I installed and activated the beta first. I then installed Vista. All was good.

Since I've spent the majority of time re-setting up Vista, I haven't been booting into 7 all that much. When I did, it was only to discover a new 'problem'

Long story short: I'm in 7 and I just noticed a balloon tip telling me to activate the beta, so I checked, and sure enough the beta has 16 days left to activate :devil: You have got to be flapping well kidding me...

I just know that if I re-activate the beta, it will knock out Vista again and I'm not in the mood to install another copy of Vista to re-activate the original one. (My work around from last time) I've had my current fill of OS installing

I'm seriously thinking of ditching this build and waiting for the 'public' one.

Has anyone else had the pleasure of having their 6801 build becoming deactivated, or am I on my own again with this particular treat?

(sorry all, but sh*t I'm cranky ATM:shock

Why would activating W7 knock out Vista's activation, unless your Vista is not RTM? Never heard of that unless you are using the same key. You should use an old Vista RC1 or 2 key for Windows 7.

 

[smarteyeball]

I've never heard of this issue either :huh:

I did use an old Vista RC key with phone activation originally. I threw caution to the wind and just used an activator. It worked. Vista's still happy too.

So yeah, I think have jinxed myself

In the last month alone I've had:

2 HDD's dying within a week of each other.
Brand new faulty motherboard.
Stuck sensors on new CPU.
RAM issues
New 4850 card with ridiculously high temps. (I don't care what ATI says, 90c+ is too HOT)

And a shedload of software glitches / issues. As soon as I correct one thing, another rears it's head. I guess it's payback for all that relatively smooth sailing until now

 

[Ex_Brit]

Unlucky you. Sounds like you could easily cook breakfast on that video card. Good luck!!

 

[smarteyeball]

I know I cooked my finger

 

[Barman58]

Hi smarty,

The joys of self build .

I'm sure all will come right in the end

And it's a great feeling when it does - soo much better that just picking up a working system from the store

 

[Ex_Brit]

I'm in the (slow) process of deciding what I need in my next PC, which will only be the 2nd I've ever owned. My current, heavily modified and improved one is 7 years old and I think I'm going to have to make the leap from a hyperthreaded Pentium 4 to at least a quad-core.
All my friends tell me that I should build my own, but it is so convenient to have someone else do that....LOL.
Not to mention that at my age, I really like things to be ready-to-go.

 

[smarteyeball]

Hi smarty,

The joys of self build .

I'm sure all will come right in the end

And it's a great feeling when it does - soo much better that just picking up a working system from the store

So true. All the hassles aside, I have enjoyed doing it (mostly ) plus the fact that I have learnt a lot will help me (and others hopefully) in the future At any rate, I hope I've given a few people a bit of a laugh

All my friends tell me that I should build my own, but it is so convenient to have someone else do that....LOL.

What? And miss out on all the fun ???

 

[Ex_Brit]

What? And miss out on all the fun ???

Well I guess it wouldn't be the first time I've shed blood over a computer and nearly blown myself up in the process....LOL

 

[MegaFixer]

Guys, we moved too far from the topic

 

[JerzeyLegend]

I have the same problem with Vista. It needs reactivation everytime I go back. So I just reactivate and reboot. A couple mins of pain, however if I just need to get something real quick, I won't reactivate.

 

[johngalt]

Interesting. I have Vista x64 MAK installed as the default OS and W7 installed on a separate HD that I used my Vista RC1 key for. Neither are complaining about activation, and both show the (respective) OS as activated....

 

[smarteyeball]

I'll find out soon enough if 6956 does it as well.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I haven't tried to activate 6956 yet.


















Later :shock: Ted

 

[Ex_Brit]

You have a key?