Been using Visa home premium X64 for about a month now,
I have a genuine oem version I bought from the store

I activated it online on the first day of use, then today a window
pops up telling me that it's no longer valid due to a "Hardware Change"
thing is I havent made one, been installing all windows updates as usual
but I have never touched any hardware since the time of install

The only thing I can think of, there was a update for my motherboard
(Nforce4) SATA controller
on windows update, can it be that vista now thinks it's a diffrent
motherboard??

Help I only have two days it's says to activate vista

Regards
Oliver

hello it was probably the controller.. vista is far more sensitive to
changes compared to XP .. but this does not mean you have a problem since:

You are entitled to reactivate an infinite number of times on the same
computer!
even if its OEM (preinstalled), and you have an infinite number of times to
reactivate
on different computers if you have retail, as long is you have vista on ONE
computer
at any given moment.

So reactivate by internet now, and if it doesnt like it, reactivate by
phone.



"Oliver Gunnell" <Gunnell@bulldoghome.com> wrote in message
news:%23bwQb9TmHHA.4188@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Been using Visa home premium X64 for about a month now,
> I have a genuine oem version I bought from the store
>
> I activated it online on the first day of use, then today a window
> pops up telling me that it's no longer valid due to a "Hardware Change"
> thing is I havent made one, been installing all windows updates as usual
> but I have never touched any hardware since the time of install
>
> The only thing I can think of, there was a update for my motherboard
> (Nforce4) SATA controller
> on windows update, can it be that vista now thinks it's a diffrent
> motherboard??
>
> Help I only have two days it's says to activate vista
>
> Regards
> Oliver
>
>[/color]

I have exactly the SAME problem. After installing the SATA update. Now i have
3 days till activation but it wont let me reactivate it. Nor over the inet
nor the phone. i dont know what to do! i need my **** computer. what the hell
are we supposed to do?!?!?!?

What do you mean you cannot activate via phone?

When you try, what happens?


"2mnyshp" <2mnyshp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9C51367C-5735-48CD-B3BC-1C6032174F9C@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I have exactly the SAME problem. After installing the SATA update. Now i
>have
> 3 days till activation but it wont let me reactivate it. Nor over the inet
> nor the phone. i dont know what to do! i need my **** computer. what the
> hell
> are we supposed to do?!?!?!?[/color]

"Tiberius" <James@tiberius.kirk> wrote in message
news:%23p1GbIUmHHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> hello it was probably the controller.. vista is far more sensitive to
> changes compared to XP .. but this does not mean you have a problem since:
>
> You are entitled to reactivate an infinite number of times on the same
> computer!
> even if its OEM (preinstalled), and you have an infinite number of times
> to reactivate
> on different computers if you have retail, as long is you have vista on
> ONE computer
> at any given moment.
>
> So reactivate by internet now, and if it doesnt like it, reactivate by
> phone.
>
>[/color]

Update!

I called the telephone activation the automated service failed

I was put through to a agent, I explained what had happend
And they gave me the code to enter manualy

Which worked ok, thanks for the help

oi tryed the phone again but this time i let myself connect to a tired
microsoft employee. he asked me if i have vista installed on any otehr
machine.. blabla.

he gave me my activation code and it worked. thank god!

HAHAHA omg what a great timing oliver! check my post above yours and then the
posting-time... :D

"2mnyshp" <2mnyshp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BBCABEB4-E02C-4682-B18B-C10BB482FFA0@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> HAHAHA omg what a great timing oliver! check my post above yours and then
> the
> posting-time... :D[/color]

Our Panic is over then :-) , I was surprised how easy they just gave the
code out
I thought they would be hardwork to explain the problem.

Oliver.

"Oliver Gunnell" <Gunnell@bulldoghome.com> wrote in message
news:uj59UyUmHHA.3888@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "2mnyshp" <2mnyshp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BBCABEB4-E02C-4682-B18B-C10BB482FFA0@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> HAHAHA omg what a great timing oliver! check my post above yours and then
>> the
>> posting-time... :D[/color]
>
> Our Panic is over then :-) , I was surprised how easy they just gave the
> code out
> I thought they would be hardwork to explain the problem.
>
> Oliver.
>[/color]

that's because they're getting a taste of their own medicine.
you know how people are so annoyed at the constant UAC prompts that they
just start clicking through them all, thus defeating its purpose?
same thing here, the reactivation "associates" are so inundated with calls
that they just hand out one to everybody...
LOL

--
=======================================
"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."
- Bill Gates
=======================================

I wonder how many millions of MS representatives they must have to handle
all the volume of people...

they need to hire a small country.. say the size of china lol

:-)

"2mnyshp" <2mnyshp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BBCABEB4-E02C-4682-B18B-C10BB482FFA0@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> HAHAHA omg what a great timing oliver! check my post above yours and then
> the
> posting-time... :D[/color]

yes.. because they think that someone who is realy trying to trick microsoft
wont keep calling in...

but there is also another thing.. activation now calls in home very
frequently.. and perhaps they will able
to track pcs that use the same product key....


"john" <john@msn.com> wrote in message
news:OoSFt3UmHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> "Oliver Gunnell" <Gunnell@bulldoghome.com> wrote in message
> news:uj59UyUmHHA.3888@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> "2mnyshp" <2mnyshp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BBCABEB4-E02C-4682-B18B-C10BB482FFA0@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> HAHAHA omg what a great timing oliver! check my post above yours and
>>> then the
>>> posting-time... :D[/color]
>>
>> Our Panic is over then :-) , I was surprised how easy they just gave the
>> code out
>> I thought they would be hardwork to explain the problem.
>>
>> Oliver.
>>[/color]
>
> that's because they're getting a taste of their own medicine.
> you know how people are so annoyed at the constant UAC prompts that they
> just start clicking through them all, thus defeating its purpose?
> same thing here, the reactivation "associates" are so inundated with calls
> that they just hand out one to everybody...
> LOL
>
> --
> =======================================
> "If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."
> - Bill Gates
> =======================================
>[/color]

Tiberius wrote:[color=blue]
> I wonder how many millions of MS representatives they must have to handle
> all the volume of people...
>
> they need to hire a small country.. say the size of china lol
>
> :-)[/color]

I bet they spend more on the activation program than they save on
stopping piracy. In the end, all they do is create irate paying
customers. Great PR move, that activation foolishness.

Alias[color=blue]
>
> "2mnyshp" <2mnyshp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BBCABEB4-E02C-4682-B18B-C10BB482FFA0@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> HAHAHA omg what a great timing oliver! check my post above yours and then
>> the
>> posting-time... :D[/color]
>
>[/color]

This is actually a bug with the new drivers (May 12th) and seems to be
limited to updating the sata drivers for Nforce based boards using the
Silicon Image chipset for the Sata.

In my case, Windows still reported has being activated, but was reporting
not being Genuine. I went round and round trying to get it re-activated, but
I couldn't de-activate it to re-activate it. When I tried to pass the
Geniune test, it would tell me I need to Activate windows First. I finally
found a way to deactivte my install., I just added another Gig of ram and I
got the activation option. I re-activated Windows, it says it was happy, but
still reported my version has not being Genuine.

The fix was to reload the Nvidia Nforce drivers (version 15.00) from the
[url]www.Nvidia.com[/url] website



"Oliver Gunnell" <Gunnell@bulldoghome.com> wrote in message
news:%23bwQb9TmHHA.4188@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Been using Visa home premium X64 for about a month now,
> I have a genuine oem version I bought from the store
>
> I activated it online on the first day of use, then today a window
> pops up telling me that it's no longer valid due to a "Hardware Change"
> thing is I havent made one, been installing all windows updates as usual
> but I have never touched any hardware since the time of install
>
> The only thing I can think of, there was a update for my motherboard
> (Nforce4) SATA controller
> on windows update, can it be that vista now thinks it's a diffrent
> motherboard??
>
> Help I only have two days it's says to activate vista
>
> Regards
> Oliver
>
>[/color]

"Tiberius" <James@tiberius.kirk> wrote in message
news:%23hBAA6UmHHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I wonder how many millions of MS representatives they must have to handle
>all the volume of people...
>
> they need to hire a small country.. say the size of china lol
>[/color]

From the Techs I've talked to when I had the problem, it sounds like they
did have a country hired for it. Which I don't have so much of a problem
with, I just wish I could understand them a little better.

they outsource support

that is not a bad thing since they provide jobs for 3rd world countries


"Dale M. White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
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>
> "Tiberius" <James@tiberius.kirk> wrote in message
> news:%23hBAA6UmHHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>I wonder how many millions of MS representatives they must have to handle
>>all the volume of people...
>>
>> they need to hire a small country.. say the size of china lol
>>[/color]
>
> From the Techs I've talked to when I had the problem, it sounds like they
> did have a country hired for it. Which I don't have so much of a problem
> with, I just wish I could understand them a little better.[/color]