David said:
Also, is your internet connection active?
I feel this area is a BUG.
See my Blog:
http://spaces.msn.com/ce-aus/
Where I am blogging my Vista (Beta 2) installation experiences. So far
VPC
VMWare
VIA ITX M1000
-This last one I ran into similar problems as above.
-I am doing a complete reinstall
-Suggestions:
New key for subsequent installs
Disable "Activate as soon as connects"
Don't change date until after activation
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RMIT University
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'Activate windows online now' and 'Retype your product key' timeout with
that error
'Buy a new product key online' pops up an internet explorer but no way to
activate.
The 2 options under other ways don't work either and timeout with the same
error.
I think this problem can be backtraced to the system time before
installation and after.
I had a windows XP computer installed for testing purposes and forgot to set
the date to todays date. (it was somewhere in 2004)
During the configuration of Vista i set the date to Today.
My guess is that the installation took the date when i submitted my product
key (somewhere in 2004) and thinks i have vista beta2 installed for 2 years
now.
Which results in the expiration.
This is very similar to the issue I am experiencing.
You have to understand that Vista will be installed on a lot of new machines
- and it is not uncommon for the date and time to be wrong on initial
install. I have done this many times - as have many system admins I know.
You can't have a scenario where the wrong date and time locks people out
like this - it makes no sense - partricularly where the actual activation
process is itself currently broken.
