[slow'puter]

So I get my new mobo... boot into Windows, install all drivers, reboot, boots into Windows, a message pops up "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows now?"

If I say no (it is activated already), it just pop up again.

If I say yes, another message pops up "Windows is activated. Click ok to continue", which I do and the damn thing logs me off!

If I try to log on again, repeat from the top.

What a load of crap! I feel like reformatting the thing again.

 

[Lostnhell]

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Originally Posted by slow'puter So I get my new mobo... boot into Windows, install all drivers, reboot, boots into Windows, a message pops up "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows now?" If I say no (it is activated already), it just pop up again. If I say yes, another message pops up "Windows is activated. Click ok to continue" and logs me off! What a load of crap! I feel like reformatting the thing again.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Microsoft, where nothing works.

 

[adas]

lol....i swear XP has AI or something that they dont tell you about. everytime something starts working nice, all of a sudden BSOD or reboot or error. ***, i hope they get SP3 right lol

like thats gunna happen

 

[slow'puter]

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Originally Posted by mfillpot Welcome to the wonderful world of Microsoft, where nothing works.

No crap.

 

[Lostnhell]

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Originally Posted by adas123 lol....i swear XP has AI or something that they dont tell you about. everytime something starts working nice, all of a sudden BSOD or reboot or error. ***, i hope they get SP3 right lol like thats gunna happen

I hate Windows, but I need it for school.
With my experience nothing in windows ever works exactly as it was supposedly designed to do.

 

[slow'puter]

Lets see if safe mode works.

Well... it will not let me log in as administrator, or my regular log in. Again the activation crap.

eff-u-sikay Bill Gates!

 

[Lostnhell]

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Originally Posted by slow'puter Lets see if safe mode works. Well... it will not let me log in as administrator, or my regular log in. Again the activation crap. eff-u-sikay Bill Gates!

I recommend zero-filling the HDD, then do a completetely clean install and activate by phone.

 

[KSIMP88]

yah, windows is a bi-atch