Vista activation

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Charles Shapiro

Does Vista (Ultimate) activate automatically?

I want to play with it without activating it to make sure everything works.
If it doesn't work right I will reinstall XP
and wait

Thanks

...Chip..
 
Charles Shapiro said:
Does Vista (Ultimate) activate automatically?

I want to play with it without activating it to make sure everything
works. If it doesn't work right I will reinstall XP
and wait
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During install there is a box you can check to tell it not to automatically
activate. You'll have 30 days then which can be reset twice after that.
You can also install without entering a product key.
 
Charles Shapiro said:
Does Vista (Ultimate) activate automatically?

I want to play with it without activating it to make sure everything
works. If it doesn't work right I will reinstall XP
and wait

Thanks

..Chip..
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Vista does NOT Activate automatically, even though one checks the box for
that option. Once on the Desktop, one will have exactly 3 days to Activate
the product. I believe this to be a bug. If not, what happened to the 30
day grace period?
 
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