Windows Activation in 3 days?

[Yoshi]

As a beta rc2 tester, do i need to worry about this? if so, where do i get a
valid product code?

thanks,

yosh

 

[Drew]

yes you do and you get it from microsoft

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

As a beta rc2 tester, do i need to worry about this? if so, where do i get
a valid product code?

thanks,

yosh

Use the same code you used for RC1.

 

[William]

How about just activating it online. If you have a valid key, you should be fine.

As a beta rc2 tester, do i need to worry about this? if so, where do i get a
valid product code?

thanks,

yosh

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

The OP may have installed without a key.
If so, it can not be activated until a valid key is inserted.

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How about just activating it online. If you have a valid key, you should be
fine.

 

[Donald L McDaniel]

As a beta rc2 tester, do i need to worry about this? if so, where do i get a
valid product code?

thanks,

yosh

Your valid Beta 1, 2, or RC1 key will work just fine.
Otherwise, get one from Microsoft.

Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup.
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[Guest]

I received my RC1 with a magazine...
I went to MS site and received a key.
When I installed it, it was asked me to put what windows i was installing.
As I work with computers all the time I've tried to install it as business.

Now when trying to activate it with the key I got from MS it says that the
key is invalid for business...

So I can install the Business Vista but can only activate the Home one?

Somebody help me...

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Most of the keys that have been distributed are for the ULTIMATE version.
If your key says it's for the home version, well then that's unusual but not
impossible. But anyway, you cannot activate the Business versions with any
key except a Business key.

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[Sascha Benjamin Jazbec]

You will have to reinstall it and enter your Key when Setup asks for it.

The Key alone decides what Setup is bringing to your PC, as all Versions are
on the very same DVD.

Like the guy before me said, it is a ULTIMATE Key. CPP testers have only
Ultimate ones, closed techbeta partners have Keys for the other versions.

You cannot activate this Business version with a non-Business Key and
therefore you cannot do any upgrade as Upgrade is only possible when the
first version is activated as legit and genuine.

I myself don't understand this behaviour as I would like to test the
Home-Versions, because the Ultimate has too much of stuff that I never will
need in my life and that only makes my Laptop too slow when all is turned
on.

Home Basic runs smoother,faster and has all I need, what a shame I had to
format after 14 days of testing because of the non-HomeBasic Key..

So, you see - you are not the first to wonder about the strange politics of
Microsoft..

SBJ