Did you install the Nvidia MB drivers from windows update that was released a
few days ago? It hosed my activation when I did. It told me I had a hardware
change and I had to reactivate. It would not let me do it over the internet
even though you are supposed to have the ability to do it 5 times over the
internet with a boxed retail copy. My experiance with the reactivation tech
was horrible. Not only did he imply that I might be a thief and a lier by
saying that he would have to take my word on whether I had it installed on
more than 1 PC, in the middle of him giving me a activation code he asked me
to hold on and all of the sudden I could hear a bunch of screaming and
hollering that I could only guess was the entire complex they were at was
praying to Allah.

"Martin J" wrote:

> Strongly considering moving to Linux, I have used Ubuntu before but was
> always turned off it because i couldn't play my games, but i have been taking
> a look at the Cedega which works with ubuntu and it looks promising.
>
> "Kevin Young" wrote:
>
> > Martin J wrote:
> > > So today I turned on my Vista Ultimate machine and it wanted me to reactivate
> > > it. Strange since it was fine last night and the only thing I added was the
> > > upgrade to itunes.
> > >
> > > I reacitivate Vista and now its saying its not genuine. I called the
> > > activation line and the guy said it may be pirated copy which it isn't. I
> > > bought it from a reputable retailer just after it launced an have been using
> > > it since then. He said to call the piracy line, which I did and big suprpise
> > > they are closed.
> > >
> > > This means i am going to have to take time off work to sit at my computer so
> > > i can call when they are open.
> > >
> > > Is there anything else i can do to make this damn thing genuine again. I
> > > have gone to their genuine website and it dosn't work. I have run that
> > > diagnostic tool and it says the license isn't valid.
> > >
> > > Very Frustrated
> > >
> > > Martin
> > I can imagine how frustrated you must be. I knew it would only be a
> > matter of time until legit customers ended up where you are now because
> > of dumb decisions by MS. Reading your message reassured me that I had
> > made the right decision recently when I removed Vista and installed
> > Linux on my PC. So long activation, WGA, WGA-N, restrictive EULA's,
> > ridiculous VM policies, viruses and proprietary formats. I'm not
> > suggesting things are perfect on the Linux platform but they sure seem a
> > heck of a lot better than the direction MS has headed. I would
> > encourage others to take a Ubuntu Live CD for a spin or check out
> > openSUSE. The transition to Linux has been easier than I thought it
> > would be.
> >