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Title: windows 7 activation
Post by: knighty on February 28, 2010, 00:34:20 AM

this has started to pop up

(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2293/96969132.png)

or course my version of win 7 is totaly legit, just a pre-release

tried googling, but everything i find tells me i have to re-install with a finial version

any other ideas anyone ? (pm?)

Title: Re:windows 7 activation
Post by: Bacon on February 28, 2010, 04:24:45 AM

Did you buy it?

To me, from what i gather you shouldnt get that popup unless your using the test copy of Win 7.

Title: windows 7 activation
Post by: Sam on February 28, 2010, 05:20:21 AM

Yeah hes using the beta.
Gotta reinstall dude.

Title: Re:windows 7 activation
Post by: skidzilla on February 28, 2010, 05:35:50 AM

You can just patch the activation system and override it... *cough* :P

Or just install Ubuntu and not use a crappy, expensive, MS OS...

Title: Re:windows 7 activation
Post by: neXus on February 28, 2010, 10:32:19 AM

Quote from: skidzillaYou can just patch the activation system and override it... *cough* :P

Or just install Ubuntu and not use a crappy, expensive, MS OS...

Vista - crap yes. Windows 7 is not crap though, Can not label that on the OS because it is pretty good.

Title: Re:windows 7 activation
Post by: zpyder on February 28, 2010, 11:21:40 AM

Tbh not crap and not expensive. I got W7 Prof for less than a console game, and in terms of the number of hours use its got compared to a console game you cant get much better value for money tbh.

Title: Re:windows 7 activation
Post by: Sam on February 28, 2010, 12:06:34 PM

Quote from: skidzillaYou can just patch the activation system and override it... *cough* :P

Or just install Ubuntu and not use a crappy, expensive, MS OS...

Ubuntu (Linux in general) has the worst GUI of the big three OS.
Until they actually have fonts that do not require half the screen to render I am unable to switch.

Title: windows 7 activation
Post by: bear on February 28, 2010, 12:33:04 PM

Have you tried Karmic Koala ? have it on my laptop and my desktop, what relief no searching for any drivers everything works at start, one is connected (DSL,mobile, wireless etc.)
I will not go back.

Title: windows 7 activation
Post by: knighty on February 28, 2010, 13:01:37 PM

problem solved now

totaly legaly of course

couldnt find a solution that I knew would work... so I just tried a bunch of different solutions untill I found one that worked ;)

Title: windows 7 activation
Post by: Beaker on February 28, 2010, 19:30:51 PM

Quote from: bearHave you tried Karmic Koala ? have it on my laptop and my desktop, what relief no searching for any drivers everything works at start, one is connected (DSL,mobile, wireless etc.)
I will not go back.

Suse users welcome you to 2003 ;)

Title: windows 7 activation
Post by: Bacon on February 28, 2010, 19:36:37 PM

Quote from: knightyproblem solved now

totaly legaly of course

couldnt find a solution that I knew would work... so I just tried a bunch of different solutions untill I found one that worked ;)

I can make things simpler for you next time http://www.tekheads.co.uk/ :w00t:

Title: windows 7 activation
Post by: Leon on March 01, 2010, 15:19:38 PM

Going to have that popping up on my parents machine and my PC back in Shrewsbury as they were running the RC of Win7.

It only tells you it might not be legit and reboots every 2 hours from what I gather so not the end of the world but still a bit of a pain.

Title: windows 7 activation
Post by: bear on March 01, 2010, 16:11:43 PM

Quote from: Beaker
Quote from: bearHave you tried Karmic Koala ? have it on my laptop and my desktop, what relief no searching for any drivers everything works at start, one is connected (DSL,mobile, wireless etc.)
I will not go back.

Suse users welcome you to 2003 ;)

I am from 52 and started with ABC 80 and than 8086es so if I am a few year behind it is OK :)

Karmic is real easy though.

Title: Re:windows 7 activation
Post by: neXus on March 02, 2010, 02:45:22 AM

Quote from: Sam
Quote from: skidzillaYou can just patch the activation system and override it... *cough* :P

Or just install Ubuntu and not use a crappy, expensive, MS OS...

Ubuntu (Linux in general) has the worst GUI of the big three OS.
Until they actually have fonts that do not require half the screen to render I am unable to switch.

Gets better all the time but I agree, Every time I use it I just get annoyed.

Tekforums

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