Has MS stuffed Activation Again ?

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I had the exact thing happen to me. When I called and went through the
reactivation phone call, after asking me how many computers I have my copy
of
Ultimate installed on he said " I guess I will have to take your word for
it". I took this as he was implying that I was a lier and a thief. Then,
in
the middle of the guy giving me a new code he told me to hold for a moment
and the next thing I hear is him screaming what I took was an Islamic
prayer.
He then completed giving me the code. Nothing against his religion it just
startled and bothered me that his prayer was more important than helping a
customer.
This kind of service has left me with a bad taste in my mouth for
Microsoft.
I spent $250.00 for Vista Ultimate and $100.00 more for 2 additional
copies
of Home Premium and they have the balls to turn off my key and call me a
lier
and a thief.
Unforgiveable in my opinion.
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Have to say... gave me a laugh there :) but heck, they are reading from a
script (prayer time excluded).

They are asking you to confirm that you have it on one pc. It's just a
question, not an accusation. I get asked that all the time when I am dealing
with issues (not vista) and have to phone in. I just answer and don't get
phased by it all.

Err... at what point did the person on the phone actually say "Sir - you are
a liar and a thief and disturbed my prayer session?"

Stay out of the sun, take two aspirin and chill.....
 
removeme said:
Have to say... gave me a laugh there :) but heck, they are reading from a
script (prayer time excluded).

They are asking you to confirm that you have it on one pc. It's just a
question, not an accusation. I get asked that all the time when I am
dealing with issues (not vista) and have to phone in. I just answer and
don't get phased by it all.

Err... at what point did the person on the phone actually say "Sir - you
are a liar and a thief and disturbed my prayer session?"
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When the person said "I guess I will have to take your word for it."

You only say something like that if you have doubt and don't really believe
it. If he doesn't believe him then its an implied accusation of doing
something wrong.

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Stephan Rose
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When the person said "I guess I will have to take your word for it."

You only say something like that if you have doubt and don't really believe
it. If he doesn't believe him then its an implied accusation of doing
something wrong.
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He could have been trying to make a joke -- Humour doesn't translate
from one's native tongue especially well.
 
DevilsPGD said:
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He could have been trying to make a joke -- Humour doesn't translate
from one's native tongue especially well.
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His job is not to make jokes but activate. The bad joke on paying
customers is that MS is getting away with this activation crap.

Alia
 
Gordon Keenan said:
You can you wait and not enter anything, then a nice person comes on the
phone and asks you for the few few numbers. They will then give you a new
activation code.

Ah.. but... then you will need to retype the new numbers in....

It's a hard life sometimes...

REFUND - Based on "I can't be bothered?" good one! GO FOR IT!
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and just had a beautiful experience with MS


Rang them and waited until I got a human and when I tried to explained what
had happened he hung up.......
 
Will said:
and just had a beautiful experience with MS


Rang them and waited until I got a human and when I tried to explained
what had happened he hung up.......
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I have a solution for you:

http://www.ubuntu.com/


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Stephan Rose said:
I have a solution for you:

http://www.ubuntu.com/


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I have mucked around with linux before and was not that impressed. Maybe
when I get my old pc up and running I will put linux on it.
 
Will said:
I have mucked around with linux before and was not that impressed. Maybe
when I get my old pc up and running I will put linux on it.
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a final update..........rang ms again and this time it was a pleasant
experience, the girl was very polite and respectful

well it is now activated again until next time :-)

thanks to all who offered support and helpful advice
 
Will said:
I have mucked around with linux before and was not that impressed. Maybe
when I get my old pc up and running I will put linux on it.
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Well give ubuntu (or kbuntu if you like the other UI better) a try sometime.
You might just find yourself pleasantly surprised. =)

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Stephan Rose
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a final update..........rang ms again and this time it was a pleasant
experience, the girl was very polite and respectful

well it is now activated again until next time :-)

thanks to all who offered support and helpful advice
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Well glad to hear it =) Good luck and don't stare at the hardware too much,
you might scare the windows authentication. =)

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Stephan said:
Well give ubuntu (or kbuntu if you like the other UI better) a try
sometime. You might just find yourself pleasantly surprised. =)
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Of course you can have the best of all 3 worlds... my Ubuntu gives me
the options of Gnome, KDE and XFCE at login :-)
 
I had a quick easy phone call with MS too, regarding the fact that I had
activated my 64-bit edition automatically, but went to 32-bit after
realizing it would suit my needs better.

Simon
 
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