Has microsoft turned off Win 7 activation?

Hello all, my first thread.
Simple question, has microsoft ended activation for win 7 in the uk?


I've installed a new hard drive but I can not get the microsoft server to accept the coa details (tried with 5 or 6 different coa stckers).
I have re wipped the hard drive and installed win 7 pro a second time, but with the exact same resault.

0x80072f8f, as we know we have to get the time and date exact in the motherboard bios and in windows or we get this message. But when I open the Network and sharing center/ troubleshoot problems / internet connections / trouble shoot connection - I get this message:
"Windows couldn't automaticly detect this networks proxy settings".


If we try to activate win xp we get the exact same as the above, as Microsoft activation has been turned off for xp.

Bearlike:

The last 2 times that I did a clean re-install of Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit in 2 Dell OptiPlex 780 minitowers that originally came with that same Windows version, Microsoft failed to accept and validate their OEM product key, so I had to use another procedure.

Thank you for the quick reply.

I have been resisting the erge to use another procedure, but I'm guessing that it maybe the only way.
I'm going to drag the old laptop out and try with that. Thinking about it I should have done that before posting, ho hum.

SIW2:
I've always used the standard on-line method to activate Windows 7.
It's worked fine in the past, but it doesn't seem to now.
I've never called Microsoft by phone to do an activation.
I see no point in starting to do it now.

Hi

They have NOT turned it Off, they cant while thier still running ESU, extended service updates.

lets have a look whats going on, copy/paste the results of this tool

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=52012

please also read this, and add MS to the trusted list.

Internet Explorer Security Zones - Add or Remove Sites


Roy

flavallee said:

SIW2:
I've never called Microsoft by phone to do an activation.
I see no point in starting to do it now.

Absolutly the way that I feel.