How do I get my OS activated???

[tylerdustin2008]

Well I have had to change hardware in my system and I had to reinstall the OS. I got a serial from my brothers MSDN at school, I have had it about a 7 months now.

Windows activation wont let me do anything. So I use the phone method, the robot tells me it cant do anything. So it sends me to some person I cant understand, and they tell me my hey is fake. So now i call another number, i give this one guy the serial, and it is indeed legit. And finally the transfer me back over to the activation dept. they tell me its fake yet again. So I cussed out the guy and hung up......

How do I get it working????

Thanks.


Tyler

 

[jmagg]

Call back and don't cuss.

 

[tylerdustin2008]

Well I tried not to. But this was my second time calling them in one day. And they speak to sofly and don't speak English very well.

 

[mechBgon]

How about getting a key that belongs to you, rather than to someone else's MSDN subscription?

edit: ohmigosh, Newegg carries them now! :shocked:

 

[tylerdustin2008]

Its mine.

I still paid for it, it was not full price. But its still mine.

Oh and Newegg has always had them. I'm not buying another one, this one is still legit and only been used by me once.

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: tylerdustin2008
Its mine.

I still paid for it, it was not full price. But its still mine.

AFAIK MSDNAA licenses are not transferable, so it is your brother's.

Oh and Newegg has always had them. I'm not buying another one, this one is still legit and only been used by me once.

On the same system?

 

[tylerdustin2008]

Well they are not registered to anyone, except for the school. In the case ECPI. It was about $15 I downloaded it, and the key is on the site.

Yes on the same exact system. Friends persisted that I gave it to them because I was afraid this would happen. And yet it still does. I am thinking that it was because they ran out of serials, and they had to make new ones. And thus any time you try to activate a older serial it denys you.

 

[RebateMonger]

I'd email or call the IT folks at the school and tell them your problem with the serial number. They should be able to straighten it out with Microsoft.

This isn't Vista, is it?

 

[tylerdustin2008]

Nope It is Windows Xp. I'm just going to email Microsoft, maybe an American will get the email.

 

[Kadarin]

This is one example of why "product activation" is evil.

 

[nerp]

Evil? Maybe if the guy wasn't trying to run a MSDNAA license that technically shouldn't be run on his system he wouldn't be having this problem? Sounds like activation is working quite dandily to me.

 

[Markbnj]

I got a serial from my brothers MSDN at school, I have had it about a 7 months now.

How is that key yours, and how did you pay for it? MSDN keys are licensed to the MSDN subscriber only, and if they are telling you yours if fake, then it's fake. It's been used on more than one installation, or it wasn't good to begin with.