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if you write in all lowercase on international caps lock day are you screaming? well, am i? i s a i d a m i s c r e a m i n g ?rotfl I guess you would be
kaaaahhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-tinjaw (October 24, 2009, 02:52 PM)
6. Flip3DDid the reviewer try clicking on one of the windows? You don't have to scroll through the windows to the one you want to activate.
Press Windows-Tab, and you get Vista's fancy 3D task switcher, which pointlessly requires you to cycle through tasks one by one. This duplicates the functionality of Alt-Tab instead of enabling you to get to any task in a couple of clicks, as Apple's similar Exposé does.-zridling (October 19, 2009, 10:38 AM)
lol, I was trying to avoid going down that road. Though it is defiantly a possibility.Sadly, Im not. I purchased my laptop before the free upgrade was offered.-nite_monkey (October 17, 2009, 02:40 PM)
Not that I'd ever, ever advocate such a thing, but historically speaking, in a matter of hours after OEM OS upgrades are delivered to consumers ISO images of said upgrades start appearing all over the internet & people who have BIOSes like yours that will activate the latest OS only have to install these ISOs to enjoy something for free.
But whether or not you do something like that is something you & your moral compass will need to discuss.-Innuendo (October 17, 2009, 06:04 PM)
Sadly, Im not. I purchased my laptop before the free upgrade was offered.So that I don't have to go through all this mess again, I made an image of my drive with acronis after it was all set up and activated.-nite_monkey (October 16, 2009, 07:52 PM)
That, my friend, was a wise decision. Activation works for most people in most situations. You, unfortunately, were one of the individuals who did not fall into that group. Glad you got it sorted & hopefully you won't have to revisit this topic when they send you your OEM Windows 7 disc (if you're entitled to one).-Innuendo (October 17, 2009, 10:49 AM)
Never hurts to ask. Worst they can do is say no & I have seen companies in the past issue upgrades to customers who couldn't get the current release to work. If his BIOS allows activation of an OEM Win 7 copy like he says then his machine can't be that old.my laptop is only a couple of months old. I'm not 100% sure that it will activate an oem 7. The bios upgrade just said it would, but since it won't activate vista, I don't know if it would work with 7... though I don't know jack about oem activation.-Innuendo (September 24, 2009, 04:15 PM)
Want to lose all your data? There's an app for that.rotfl I love that!-Innuendo (October 13, 2009, 10:06 AM)
Fortunately for you DonationCoder is inhabited by a tenacious & stubborn bunch. If there's any way to solve your problem someone will be there till it does.lol, yeah and if they can't they can at least be sure that I have learned something, because I have learned a lot from this topic.-Innuendo (September 22, 2009, 08:47 AM)
You could try https://support.dell...are/en/backupcd_formYeah, I did that a day or two ago. I'm now waiting for my new disks to arrive and see if it solves my problem.
This will give you a system restore set (for US customers AFAICS) of the originally supplied operating system (which is presumably Vista on your system since you had a free downgrade to XP).
OK it is not a vanilla Windows disc but from a thread I read it appears it is a free service in the US (and delivered within a few days) and at least it should be pre-activated.-Carol Haynes (September 21, 2009, 05:43 AM)
The key on the computer will work with any (real) Vista disc though wont it? If nite_monkey can get ahold of a new disc he should be able to use the key to install Vista on the computer and successfully activate it, right?-Hirudin (September 19, 2009, 04:46 PM)
I'm not certain, but I would think there would always be a phone activation option (what if you didn't have internet access?). If all else fails disconnect from the internet (turn off the Wi-Fi if you can) and try activating again. Windows should give you the phone option when it figures out that there isn't an internet connection available.I may have to try that and see if it works-Hirudin (September 15, 2009, 06:02 PM)
Usually after you say the activation code you'll be connected with an operator who will ask a single question which is something like "onto how many computers is this copy of Windows installed?". You just tell them how many (it should be just one of course) and they'll give you a new code to type into the comp. It almost always takes between six and seven minutes.Eew, thats the part I don't like. The person is usually Chinese(or Japanese I don't know which) and I can't really understand what they are saying very well.-Hirudin (September 15, 2009, 06:02 PM)
oh joy, I may have an effed up disk then. I've installed vista three times now with this disk (on the same computer, all three times not being able to activate)but it only popped up the vista troubleshoot box with random garbage in it-nite_monkey (September 15, 2009, 05:32 PM)
Ooooo...now THAT does sound like either a bad install or a bum disk.
Try doing another installation first and see if that clears things up. If it doesn't, something is probably wrong with your media.
Anyway, try starting with <*choke*> Dell's Support. (I know, I know. I feel your pain.) But look at it this way: if it turns out you do need a need a replacement Vista CD, Dell is the only one that will be able to ship you one without your having to pay for it.
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+1 with Hirudan BTW. Microsoft takes a lot of heat for their Genuine Advantage and activation policies. But so far (knock wood) I've done phone activations dozens of times and have always found the Microsoft reps to be efficient and helpful.
Luck & let us know how you make out.-40hz (September 15, 2009, 06:09 PM)
