I got a version of windows with a volume licensened serial number. I need to update it to service pack two but can't get past the windows genuine license thing. Any suggestions?

3/14/2006 1:16:23 PM

activate.


call MS. it's easy as shit.

3/14/2006 1:18:13 PM

don't i have to pay for that?

3/14/2006 1:19:50 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?DisplayLang=en&FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a

3/14/2006 1:23:01 PM

Yeah, but if you've got a key that you know isn't completely fucking dirty, they'll let you activate for free.

3/14/2006 1:29:25 PM

The key is dirty.

3/14/2006 1:33:28 PM

call them up and ask. they're usually ok with it.

3/14/2006 1:48:05 PM

The link above does not work. It still verifies the license key. I can't see windows being ok with me calling and saying, "Hey i have an illegal copy of windows and was wondering if you would be ok with me downloading the updates for it so i don't have to go out and purchase the real version of it."

3/14/2006 1:54:11 PM

You need a key that's not blacklisted.

Whether it's yours or not, doesnt matter.

3/14/2006 2:06:34 PM

Dude, if you have a volume license key, it needs to be legit and not on the blacklist. If it IS legit, then call them up over the phone ... 99% of the time its completely automated. Google "change windows product key" and it'll tell you how to activate by phone. If its not legit, let the bucket be dropped on this thread.

[Edited on March 14, 2006 at 2:34 PM. Reason : .]

3/14/2006 2:34:29 PM

If your key isn't legit, then try lookin in the bucket next to this thread for a list of legit keys.

3/14/2006 2:36:37 PM

let the bucket be dropped on this thread.

3/14/2006 2:37:09 PM

THROW THE BUCKET AT HIM.

3/14/2006 2:37:35 PM

Quote :

"Any suggestions?"

PAY FOR THE DAMN OS.

Idiot.

Lock this shit.

3/14/2006 6:32:34 PM

how much is xp these days?

$10? anything more and you're better off stealing it if you can

3/14/2006 6:48:47 PM

It's worth way more than it costs, because most of you retards couldn't use anything else if you were forced to.

3/14/2006 6:51:01 PM

i just don't why idiots are so damn content about having an os that is not legit... leave piracy to the muthafuckers that know how to pirate, and not ask about it on a message board

ibtb

[Edited on March 14, 2006 at 6:53 PM. Reason : aseed]

3/14/2006 6:52:03 PM

I'm just going to use linux from now on.

3/14/2006 6:52:28 PM

hahahahaha

I'll give you a dollar if you can even get a linux distribution installed, and have all your hardware working.

Another dollar if you can get a X system up and running with hardware acceleration

3/14/2006 6:57:46 PM

i will give him a dollar if he can check his email with pine

3/14/2006 7:01:33 PM

IN IE go to Tools menu -> Internet options. On the Programs tab choose manage add-ons. Disable Windows Genuine Advantage.

3/14/2006 9:38:32 PM

you owe me two dollars ass hole. You aren't the only computer literate person ever created on the face of the earth. I can read directions. Oh, i'm gonna also go out on a limb and bet you didn't pay for your operating system.

[Edited on March 15, 2006 at 12:08 AM. Reason : ]

3/15/2006 12:06:26 AM

Damn right I didn't.

But I sure as hell have LEGAL copies. There's a difference between obtaining things for free, and stealing them.

3/15/2006 12:43:52 AM

One way or another, you still owe me two bucks. And why talk so much shit about just buying something when you didn't buy it yourself.

[Edited on March 15, 2006 at 1:13 AM. Reason : ]

3/15/2006 1:13:03 AM

because you are being a fucking idiot by admitting on a message board, especially THIS messageboard, that you are running an illegal copy of your OS. God only knows how much other shit you have pirated on there.

Seriously, lets see some screenshots of this linux install. Particularly the hardware configurations.

3/15/2006 1:21:28 AM

i think its estimated that 70% of computers are running a pirated version of windows. Why are you such a douche?

3/15/2006 1:26:04 AM

it can't be wrong if everyone else is doing it!

3/15/2006 1:29:11 AM

^^So if 70% of people rape, pillage and murder their neighbors, that should be OKIE DOKIE too?

And that's a complete bullshit number.

3/15/2006 1:30:59 AM

63% of statistics are made up on the spot

3/15/2006 1:32:12 AM

Actually it came from this website but used to have the 70% figure http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=302878

3/15/2006 1:42:51 AM

There is no mention at all of the piracy rate of Windows, xp or otherwise. So basically you posted a worthless link. Funny thing too, I even checked EVERY VERSION OF THAT PAGE LISTED on archive.org. Guess what? No mention on any of those either.

Not that it makes it "right" even if your retarded statement were true.


Hey guys, the holocaust was fake. The proof used to be here: http://www.cnn.com, but its not anymore

[Edited on March 15, 2006 at 1:50 AM. Reason : .]

3/15/2006 1:47:29 AM

It does mention the estimated cost of pirated windows software. As i said it used to say 70%.

3/15/2006 1:48:43 AM

funny how they just changed that today

3/15/2006 1:50:43 AM

yea, WORLD WIDE, FOR EVERYTHING.

And WHY THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER? Would it make it any better if piracy only cost 10 dollars a year or 10 trillion?

What the fuck is your point here?

Have you ever worked for a living? Do you EARN MONEY?

AND IT NEVER FUCKING SAID THAT, EVER. (funny thing about lies, huh?)

For a motherfucker majoring in criminology, you'd think you would have some fucking concept of ETHICAL BEHAVIOR.

[Edited on March 15, 2006 at 1:54 AM. Reason : .]

3/15/2006 1:53:53 AM

http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=352 That says 80%. One day you may get off your high horse and not want to pay for windows either. Especially on a tight budget. I have paid for it three times already and everytime i change a major system component and try to update if will not let you. I don't want to pay for it again and again when i change components and do a clean install.

3/15/2006 2:00:00 AM

Quote :

"The bad news is that they also predict that as many as 80 percent of these will have a pirate version of Windows installed before they are actually used"

that's a prediction, fucktard, not a fact

and you're telling us that you are pirating windows because you can't reinstall it?

pllleeeaaassseee

3/15/2006 2:03:11 AM

^^Wait, you're going to honestly try to say you have THREE LEGAL COPIES and yet you are using an illegal copy?

Have you ever thought, hey, I have a legal copy, let me just call MS and reactivate it? Gee whiz, I sure as fuck have. Way to add some more lies on top there. Because I have activated my key well over 50 times, with not a single issue. Change the hardware, call MS, get the activation key. It takes 5 minutes. max.

And that article is talking about EMERGING COUNTRIES, not the fucking US. You aren't making 30 cents an hour in a sweatshop, you can afford it.

[Edited on March 15, 2006 at 2:15 AM. Reason : .]

3/15/2006 2:14:41 AM

^^^
Windows XP is $70 at the NC State Bookstore. If you are student with an MSDNAA subscription, I know they offer free through there.

Mark, if you need some assistance reactivating your legit purchased keys, send me a PM. And disabling Genuine Advantage isn't a great idea ... you'll miss out on security updates.

3/15/2006 7:03:27 AM

^^^ Did you really read the article? Actually it said

11% of the computers in emerging countries will have linux installed at the time of sale and then 80% OF THESE will end up with a pirate version of windows.

>>I.E. they predict 8.8% of all computers sold in emerging countries will have linux installed at the time of sale but end up with a pirated version of windows.

It says nothing about the overall piracy rate in the world, US, or in emerging countries.



[Edited on March 15, 2006 at 10:38 AM. Reason : b]

3/15/2006 10:37:30 AM

i think you forgot a ^

3/15/2006 10:42:21 AM

OH I'M A LUMBERJACK AND I'M OK

3/15/2006 11:19:16 AM

let the bucket be dropped on this thread.

3/15/2006 11:35:11 AM

[quote]I have paid for it three times already and everytime i change a major system component and try to update if will not let you.quote]

i can get a sexy linux distribution installed, but i bought 3 copies of windows cuz i can only use it once

3/15/2006 11:48:11 AM

Noen is dominating this thread.


STRAIGHT BALLER.

3/15/2006 11:49:19 AM