Can I buy an activation key for this?

Starting January 30th you can.

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"Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can I buy an activation key for this?[/color]

Thanks, that is what I thought, just wasn't sure. I'll do it on the 30th.

"Robert Firth" wrote:
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> Starting January 30th you can.
>
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> "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A200730-24F6-4EAD-9D3C-7B20836C3CE3@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Can I buy an activation key for this?[/color]
>
>[/color]

But if you are going to do that, might as well get the regular release CD,
rather than the RTM.


"Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
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> Starting January 30th you can.
>
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> /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> * Robert Firth *
> * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
> * [url]http://www.WinVistaInfo.org[/url] *
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>
> "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A200730-24F6-4EAD-9D3C-7B20836C3CE3@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Can I buy an activation key for this?[/color]
>[/color]

I owuld have to re-install losing all my email, right??

"Gene fitzpatrick" wrote:
[color=blue]
> But if you are going to do that, might as well get the regular release CD,
> rather than the RTM.
>
>
> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news:OM$B%23L2PHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > Starting January 30th you can.
> >
> > --
> > /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> > * Robert Firth *
> > * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
> > * [url]http://www.WinVistaInfo.org[/url] *
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
> >
> > "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7A200730-24F6-4EAD-9D3C-7B20836C3CE3@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> >> Can I buy an activation key for this?[/color]
> >[/color]
>[/color]

"Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BD0EC0ED-C284-421C-A41E-4860A2BA25C9@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I owuld have to re-install losing all my email, right??
>[/color]

Erm...you do back up important data? Hard drives fail without notice.

Backup your email, if that is all that is important. It is very easy.
Outlook uses a folder called a .pst to store email find it and save it or
export it using outlook. If you use outlook express you are out of luck I
think, I have not tried windows mail yet.

"Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BD0EC0ED-C284-421C-A41E-4860A2BA25C9@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I owuld have to re-install losing all my email, right??
>
> "Gene fitzpatrick" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> But if you are going to do that, might as well get the regular release
>> CD,
>> rather than the RTM.
>>
>>
>> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
>> news:OM$B%23L2PHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>> > Starting January 30th you can.
>> >
>> > --
>> > /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>> > * Robert Firth *
>> > * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
>> > * [url]http://www.WinVistaInfo.org[/url] *
>> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
>> >
>> > "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:7A200730-24F6-4EAD-9D3C-7B20836C3CE3@microsoft.com...
>> >> Can I buy an activation key for this?
>> >[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up the
emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this morning
from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but them I will prolly
do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it activated online, but am
afraid it's too late for it.

"Bryan Foster" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Backup your email, if that is all that is important. It is very easy.
> Outlook uses a folder called a .pst to store email find it and save it or
> export it using outlook. If you use outlook express you are out of luck I
> think, I have not tried windows mail yet.
>
> "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BD0EC0ED-C284-421C-A41E-4860A2BA25C9@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I owuld have to re-install losing all my email, right??
> >
> > "Gene fitzpatrick" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> But if you are going to do that, might as well get the regular release
> >> CD,
> >> rather than the RTM.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> >> news:OM$B%23L2PHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> > Starting January 30th you can.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >> > * Robert Firth *
> >> > * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
> >> > * [url]http://www.WinVistaInfo.org[/url] *
> >> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
> >> >
> >> > "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:7A200730-24F6-4EAD-9D3C-7B20836C3CE3@microsoft.com...
> >> >> Can I buy an activation key for this?
> >> >
> >>[/color][/color]
>[/color]

Stinger wrote:
[color=blue]
> My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up
> the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this
> morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
> them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it
> activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
>[/color]
Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of Knoppix
from [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url], burn it onto a cd and boot from the CD,
then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a usb
memory stick.


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Paul-B

There is no such file in Vista. Vista has Microsoft Mail, NOT Outlook
Express, so no such .pst file. I have Knoppix.

"Paul-B" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Stinger wrote:
>[color=green]
> > My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up
> > the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this
> > morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
> > them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it
> > activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
> >[/color]
> Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of Knoppix
> from [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url], burn it onto a cd and boot from the CD,
> then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
> ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a usb
> memory stick.
>
>
> --
> Paul-B
>[/color]

Stinger wrote:[color=blue]
> There is no such file in Vista. Vista has Microsoft Mail, NOT Outlook
> Express, so no such .pst file. I have Knoppix.[/color]

..pst is for Outlook, not Outlook Express. Outlook Express has .dbx
files. Are you saying that Windows Mail doesn't have a way to back up or
is it that you just don't know how to do it? And, if the latter, what in
the world are you doing being a beta tester if you don't know that and
the difference between Outlook and Outlook Express' message stores?

Alias[color=blue]
>
> "Paul-B" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Stinger wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up
>>> the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this
>>> morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
>>> them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it
>>> activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
>>>[/color]
>> Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of Knoppix
>> from [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url], burn it onto a cd and boot from the CD,
>> then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
>> ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a usb
>> memory stick.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul-B
>>[/color][/color]

Outlook can create PST files, not just Outlook Express.


"Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9662F498-04B4-4189-AA6B-DD5AAABB8EAA@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> There is no such file in Vista. Vista has Microsoft Mail, NOT Outlook
> Express, so no such .pst file. I have Knoppix.
>
> "Paul-B" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Stinger wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up
>> > the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this
>> > morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
>> > them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it
>> > activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
>> >[/color]
>> Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of Knoppix
>> from [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url], burn it onto a cd and boot from the CD,
>> then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
>> ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a usb
>> memory stick.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul-B
>>[/color][/color]

Dale wrote:[color=blue]
> Outlook can create PST files, not just Outlook Express.[/color]

Correction: Outlook Express *cannot* create .pst files. It creates .dbx
files.

Alias[color=blue]
>
>
> "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9662F498-04B4-4189-AA6B-DD5AAABB8EAA@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> There is no such file in Vista. Vista has Microsoft Mail, NOT Outlook
>> Express, so no such .pst file. I have Knoppix.
>>
>> "Paul-B" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Stinger wrote:
>>>
>>> > My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up
>>> > the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this
>>> > morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
>>> > them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it
>>> > activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
>>> >
>>> Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of Knoppix
>>> from [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url], burn it onto a cd and boot from the CD,
>>> then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
>>> ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a usb
>>> memory stick.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paul-B
>>>[/color][/color]
>[/color]

Yes, I caught that from your first post. My mistake.


"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
news:eYlmBcWQHHA.2252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Dale wrote:[color=green]
>> Outlook can create PST files, not just Outlook Express.[/color]
>
> Correction: Outlook Express *cannot* create .pst files. It creates .dbx
> files.
>
> Alias[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9662F498-04B4-4189-AA6B-DD5AAABB8EAA@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> There is no such file in Vista. Vista has Microsoft Mail, NOT Outlook
>>> Express, so no such .pst file. I have Knoppix.
>>>
>>> "Paul-B" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stinger wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up
>>>> > the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this
>>>> > morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
>>>> > them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it
>>>> > activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
>>>> >
>>>> Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of Knoppix
>>>> from [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url], burn it onto a cd and boot from the CD,
>>>> then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
>>>> ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a usb
>>>> memory stick.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Paul-B
>>>>[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

Problem solved. Installed Vista Home Premium yesterday Haven't played around
with it to backup mail. Thanks

"Dale" wrote:
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> Yes, I caught that from your first post. My mistake.
>
>
> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
> news:eYlmBcWQHHA.2252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > Dale wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> Outlook can create PST files, not just Outlook Express.[/color]
> >
> > Correction: Outlook Express *cannot* create .pst files. It creates .dbx
> > files.
> >
> > Alias[color=darkred]
> >>
> >>
> >> "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9662F498-04B4-4189-AA6B-DD5AAABB8EAA@microsoft.com...
> >>> There is no such file in Vista. Vista has Microsoft Mail, NOT Outlook
> >>> Express, so no such .pst file. I have Knoppix.
> >>>
> >>> "Paul-B" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Stinger wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> > My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up
> >>>> > the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this
> >>>> > morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
> >>>> > them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it
> >>>> > activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
> >>>> >
> >>>> Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of Knoppix
> >>>> from [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url], burn it onto a cd and boot from the CD,
> >>>> then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
> >>>> ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a usb
> >>>> memory stick.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Paul-B
> >>>>
> >>[/color][/color]
>
>[/color]