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| by Stan Beer | |
| Thursday, 06 December 2007 | |
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Page 1 of 2 A couple of months ago, I decided to upgrade my hardware and I bought a very high spec box that was capable of running just about anything. I installed Vista and Ubuntu in a dual boot configuration. Shortly after installing Vista, I received messages about having 30 days and counting down left to activate my copy of Vista. I was directed to an activation page on Microsoft's website and proceeded to follow the instructions to enter the ridiculously long activation key. When I finished and pressed the activate button, I was informed that my activation key was invalid so I would have to call Microsoft support. I called Microsoft support and the help desk operator on the other end of the line told me that my activation code was invalid because my copy of Vista had already been installed. I informed her that, yes, it had been installed for testing purposes but it had subsequently been uninstalled and now I was reinstalling it. The operator then asked if I was sure that I had a genuine copy of Vista. I told her that I was fairly certain my copy was genuine, since I had personally received it from Microsoft at the official launch of Vista in Australia. On hearing this, the operator seemed surprised. "Oh, you got the copy from Microsoft?" she asked. "And you're sure it's not installed on any other computer?" |
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