The Dragon Slayer Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 I was typing an email quickly. I guessed I hit several keys at once. The computer shut itself off. No big deal, I turned it back on. Then, it said hardwares have changed significantly and had 3 days left to activate. I haven't changed anything since the day I put it together. I thought MS disables activation through the internet. But I tried it anyway and it went through. It was strange. Anyone encounters this as well? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pro1driver Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 nope Quote Link to post Share on other sites
screi Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 ..not me...wayne Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_veal Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 How long have you had your computer for? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dragon Slayer Posted October 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 about 10 months. hardly has a problem with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chappy Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 I have had a couple of installs where the activation nag popped up on a bootup more than once, and the copy had previously been activated.Nothing about the hardware changes being the reason tho, just that the activation check must have been corrupted somehow, and it asked to activate the copy. This happened a few times to me on at least 2 installs, but I never found out why it was doing that.All I can think of here, is that your hardware hash in the activation file must have been corrupted somehow on the shutdown, and the verification check on bootup caught it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dragon Slayer Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I have had a couple of installs where the activation nag popped up on a bootup more than once, and the copy had previously been activated.Nothing about the hardware changes being the reason tho, just that the activation check must have been corrupted somehow, and it asked to activate the copy. This happened a few times to me on at least 2 installs, but I never found out why it was doing that.All I can think of here, is that your hardware hash in the activation file must have been corrupted somehow on the shutdown, and the verification check on bootup caught it.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks. Now I feel better and not trying to find out why this happened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chappy Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 No prob, glad to have eased your mind at least.Like I said tho, it was probably just a corruption from the improper shutdown that caused this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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