Vista activation
 

Ok, this is a longshot but I figure there have to be a few bright, computer savvy people around here. I downloaded Vista Business edition SP2 and now I'm having a bitch of a time trying to activate it. Is there someone here who's managed to do it and can you please point me in the right direction?

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I love it when you mess with your comp man.

Urgh...it's not even my computer, my sister promised to do it as a favor. I fucking hate computers...and people who try to make it more difficult to get pirated software....I mean, how very dare they! :\

Get rid of Windows and use Linux.

Seriously though, isn't there a key thing you need or a crack of some sort. Never pirated software that needed a key.

Ok, can we limit the responses to useful (a.k.a. not retarded) ones from now on? I've been on this fucker the entire day and questions such as the one posted above can only serve to get even more sand into my vagina.

I take it you already have it installed?

If you're using a pirated copy of Vista, I wouldn't try activating it the normal way if I were you.
You'll need an activation crack.

I've been running windows unactivated since new years. It doesn't stop me doing stuff. I even bought a new vista and it rejected the code and I refuse to pay money on the phone to them asking how to sort it out. So basically, don't stress.

Some of the pirate copies don't need activating and will update without problems.

Is that normal or some sort of anomaly? What is this activation shit for anyway? I thought it limits the performance if it's not activated...*unsure*

And yes, I know I need an activation crack, I didn't just buy a computer, the question is which crack works. So far, I've been unable to find one which does anything...(possibly because I downloaded the latest version of Vista Business with SP2, most cracks were made for SP1).

Anyway, now I know why I still haven't upgraded to this piece of shit...I've also had major problems connecting to the internet (installing modems and wifis is apparently a major problem).

If it's not activated it won't download updates and won't let you keep a desktop background. Every time you startup windows it'll make you wait 15 seconds before it'll load and occasionally has intrusional message telling you to activate. Other than that I haven't had a problem.

Only reason I'm in this situation is because one of my HDs failed (I use RAID) so I had to remove it and format the remainder. When I reinstalled it decided my copy of windows was in use already (as in, on my computer as is now plus one now faulty hard drive) and told me I needed to activate within a month. One month later not a great deal really happened, and I refuse to pay premium rate phonecalls so that a microsoft employee infront of a switchboard can tell me there's not really much I can do except for buy a new version of windows. So **** 'em.

eh, do you have the crack yet? If not I can probably get one for you, not sure but I don't want to waste the time if you already have the crack.

I don't but I've decided to download the OEM version which supposedly should be activation free...:\

No, it has a different activation code but it's not activation free.

Adidasss, you shouldn't expect solid and consistent support in regards to finding the most honest and proper hack for something like that. It will be trial and error just finding a crack that isn't a virus.

Just get a mac :D