Vista activation

Does Vista (Ultimate) activate automatically?

I want to play with it without activating it to make sure everything works.
If it doesn't work right I will reinstall XP
and wait

Thanks

...Chip..

"Charles Shapiro" <cshapiro2@cox.net> wrote

> Does Vista (Ultimate) activate automatically?
>
> I want to play with it without activating it to make sure everything
> works. If it doesn't work right I will reinstall XP
> and wait

During install there is a box you can check to tell it not to automatically
activate. You'll have 30 days then which can be reset twice after that.
You can also install without entering a product key.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Thank you. Exactly the answer I was looking for.

"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:ObuvgMaSHHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "Charles Shapiro" <cshapiro2@cox.net> wrote
>
>> Does Vista (Ultimate) activate automatically?
>>
>> I want to play with it without activating it to make sure everything
>> works. If it doesn't work right I will reinstall XP
>> and wait
>
> During install there is a box you can check to tell it not to
> automatically activate. You'll have 30 days then which can be reset twice
> after that. You can also install without entering a product key.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

"Charles Shapiro" <cshapiro2@cox.net> wrote in message
news:eClTZ7ZSHHA.4956@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Does Vista (Ultimate) activate automatically?
>
> I want to play with it without activating it to make sure everything
> works. If it doesn't work right I will reinstall XP
> and wait
>
> Thanks
>
> ..Chip..
>
>
>

Vista does NOT Activate automatically, even though one checks the box for
that option. Once on the Desktop, one will have exactly 3 days to Activate
the product. I believe this to be a bug. If not, what happened to the 30
day grace period?

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Donald L McDaniel
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