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Activation Problem
Here is a new one on me.
I re-installed Windows 7 Professional on a Dell machine what was working perfectly with Windows 7 Professional before the re-install. The hard drive had crashed so I replaced it.
The Windows 7 Professional install went perfectly. I used the Windows 7 Professional DVD that is supplied by Dell to do the re-install.
Once the machine was working and I downloaded the updates it needed; I figured I would activate it right away. See the screen shot.
No matter what I do nothing activates it. If I click to enter the key and add it from the COA on the box everything goes fine. I reboot and then it still says I need to activate in 3 days. If I click on Buy now it goes to MS web site and downloads a bunch of stuff to check things adds the new WAT software and then tells me everything is fine. If I click on the contact Microsoft it opens help and if I click on links there I go back to MS web site with the same thing happening stating everything is ok.
Ideas?????
When I click on the activation I get this screen.
Last edited by WindowsStar; 08 Apr 2010 at 23:16.