Windows 7 activation, no internet connection

[VirtualLarry]

Just wondering, this machine I'm installing Win7 on, isn't going to have an internet connection available.

If I activate it with my internet connection, and then deliver the computer, will it de-activate itself at some unknown point in the future because it cannot connect with MS's servers? Does Win7 "phone home" like Microsoft Security Essentials, or WinXP's Genuine Advantage?

 

[Spicedaddy]

Activation is a one time thing, not every computer is online...

 

[nerp]

And even if for some reason the activation process is triggered, you can do it over the phone with a telephone rep and it will work just fine.

 

[AFurryReptile]

You don't even need to talk to a rep. Just "try" to do the online activation, let it fail, then click the "phone microsoft" button. You'll get a phone number to call and a string of 9 blocks of 6 numbers each. You'll just read that to an automated phone system and it will read back an activation number for you to put in. It takes 6 minutes altogether.

Just make sure to tell them it's only been installed on 1 PC if it asks.

 

[Meghan54]

You don't even need to talk to a rep. Just "try" to do the online activation, let it fail, then click the "phone microsoft" button. You'll get a phone number to call and a string of 9 blocks of 6 numbers each. You'll just read that to an automated phone system and it will read back an activation number for you to put in. It takes 6 minutes altogether.

Just make sure to tell them it's only been installed on 1 PC if it asks.

You read the number in? I've found it much easier just to key the numbers in via the phone keypad....lot faster and never have to repeat myself.