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Hi
Please can anyone help, I know I'm being cheeky but I need to check my
system out. I run vista ultimate and I am now in the process of activating
it, when I key in my license number it says its already in use would someone
be kind enough to send me a number so I can try and to see what happens, you
can send it directly to my email address (e-mail address removed) thank in
anticipation
 
shooter said:
Hi
Please can anyone help, I know I'm being cheeky but I need to check my
system out. I run vista ultimate and I am now in the process of activating
it, when I key in my license number it says its already in use would
someone be kind enough to send me a number so I can try and to see what
happens, you can send it directly to my email address
(e-mail address removed) thank in anticipation

It should give you a phone number to use.
 
No email replies; only Newsgroup replies.
No Product Keys given, EVER.

Too many scammers around; isn't there????????
 
shooter said:
Hi
Please can anyone help, I know I'm being cheeky but I need to check my
system out. I run vista ultimate and I am now in the process of activating
it, when I key in my license number it says its already in use would
someone be kind enough to send me a number so I can try and to see what
happens, you can send it directly to my email address
(e-mail address removed) thank in anticipation


It says that it is already in use because it has been in use. Activate by
telephone. It will be quicker than waiting for somebody to hand over their
own personal key code for free..


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Mike Hall - MVP said:
It says that it is already in use because it has been in use. Activate by
telephone. It will be quicker than waiting for somebody to hand over their
own personal key code for free..

You can try this key: 6548-0EAT-SHIT-NOBO-DY0W-ILL0-GIVE-YOU-000A-VALID-KEY
 
Sorry, I posted this to the wrong person. I wanted to post to the original
OP.
 
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE said:
It should give you a phone number to use.

I've had that same problem. About that number, part of the problem is that it doesn't say what it is. It says you may call, provides
a link to help find information online. When Vista was first installed, it did show a number. Now it does not. Then, finding the
phone number becomes problematic. When following the link (when this problem occurs), one is unaware of the attack taking place on
the system that is causing the issue. Following the links exposes the system to the attack, more fully (which, I suspect, is why the
help was changed to remove the number). The absence of the number & the particular service failures point to at least one specific
type of externally initiated attack, except in the case of new installation, which has not ever been activated.

When responding to the help links, in a short time, the browser is redirected to other sites than the requested ones (not working
properly because of the apparent failure in genuine software or activation tests probably exacerbates the problem created by the
attack) to what appears to be some crippled or otherwise bogus or spoofed or valid but completely irrelevant Microsoft help site,
which talks about their office hours in the day only, that charges may apply & on & on ad nauseum. That enrages me; I paid a
handsome price for this software in a retail package & installed it on a newly built system with prohibitively expensive parts ---
what do they want, a career-making payment from every customer? Well, that psychological state is one which plays right into the
attack.

Anyway, the genuine activation number, from what I gather, is 24/7 & always free. What if a user considers that the problem is not
Microsoft or the software, but that an attack, motivated by a malicious 3rd party may be taking place, & also makes the observation
that prescribed (socially acceptable) or otherwise predictable responses are almost 100% ineffective responses as regards solution
of the issues created by the attack? The conditions seem to point to a well-informed attacker, in possession of a certain type of
information which may include the inner workings of the OS & the usage habits of the target. Hmmm ... gotta wonder.

note: The best defense is a good offense.
 
B. D. Reagan said:
I've had that same problem. About that number, part of the problem is that
it doesn't say what it is. It says you may call, provides a link to help
find information online. When Vista was first installed, it did show a
number. Now it does not. Then, finding the phone number becomes
problematic. When following the link (when this problem occurs), one is
unaware of the attack taking place on the system that is causing the
issue. Following the links exposes the system to the attack, more fully
(which, I suspect, is why the help was changed to remove the number). The
absence of the number & the particular service failures point to at least
one specific type of externally initiated attack, except in the case of
new installation, which has not ever been activated.

When responding to the help links, in a short time, the browser is
redirected to other sites than the requested ones (not working properly
because of the apparent failure in genuine software or activation tests
probably exacerbates the problem created by the attack) to what appears to
be some crippled or otherwise bogus or spoofed or valid but completely
irrelevant Microsoft help site, which talks about their office hours in
the day only, that charges may apply & on & on ad nauseum. That enrages
me; I paid a handsome price for this software in a retail package &
installed it on a newly built system with prohibitively expensive
parts --- what do they want, a career-making payment from every customer?
Well, that psychological state is one which plays right into the attack.

Anyway, the genuine activation number, from what I gather, is 24/7 &
always free. What if a user considers that the problem is not Microsoft or
the software, but that an attack, motivated by a malicious 3rd party may
be taking place, & also makes the observation that prescribed (socially
acceptable) or otherwise predictable responses are almost 100% ineffective
responses as regards solution of the issues created by the attack? The
conditions seem to point to a well-informed attacker, in possession of a
certain type of information which may include the inner workings of the OS
& the usage habits of the target. Hmmm ... gotta wonder.

note: The best defense is a good offense.

Do a thorough check for malware, following all of the steps at one of these
Web pages, including HijackThis.
Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus,
whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince
you that you owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.
 
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE said:
Do a thorough check for malware, following all of the steps at one of these Web pages, including HijackThis.
Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus, whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such
and try to convince you that you owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see what else is being carried along. Don't install any
extras you're not sure of.

Thanks! ... good idea (have done just that in past & good stuff there, will try next time).

However, what I actually did, this time, worked. Should it help anyone, this: I scheduled chkdsk, ran antivirus in safe mode command
prompt, booted to install disk, ran sfc on unmounted file system, & did kind of look around for covertly installed software to
remove or less used software to check for updates. The licensing service, when started, actually restored the activated state of the
system (without the need for a call), but, until the chkdsk & sfc run, that wouldn't start at all. When run, sfc reported finding
corrupted files, & that it had repaired them (which is nice, since once before the response was that at least one file was changed
but could not be repaired). Since then, seems OK, but hidden under the hood may still be a few surprises, since I never found (with
enough certainty to know) the actual cause.

Again thanks for the polite, professionally styled answer.
 
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