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Microsoft can't activate Win7 professional?
I am still in shock. I just popped the shrink wrap on a new copy of Win7 pro and did a clean install using the 32 bit DVD, everything was fine until the activation process. When I entered the product key I got a dialog key saying it wasn't a valid key for Win7 professional. Stuck in a loop right there with no help or work around. Since I knew I could finish install without the key I kust went on and then after setup completed sucessfully I attempted to activate and got the same dialog and stuck in the same loop. Went on line to product support and via there ended up running slui.exe 4 which kicked me into the phone activation - I went through the automated portion babbling numbers into the phone like an idiot and at the end was told that they could not validate my product and was kicked off to live help. Abishek cam on the line and politely had me tell him the first set of numbers and then verified the last set with me and - wait for it - wait for it - told me that Microsoft can not validate my copy of Win7! And then told me that I should go back to my retailer and have them get me a valid product key!
I was stunned. Microsoft provided a defective product and just cleanly and simply left me with nothing other than a have a pleasant evening (too late for that I am afraid)
The copy I have was given to me so I don't even know where to go now (I'd buy a Mac but I still need to run Windows on it.