Very Very Uset at Microsoft, But Sure They Do Not Care

I have been getting these messages that I do not have a legitimate version of
Vista when I know 100% I do. I have been using it for Seven months and have
not made any material hardware changes to my system (especially recently).
Suddenly I get these messages and of course there is no one at Microsoft to
call. I need my computer now. How can Microsoft produce such a shoddy
product (I am now getting notes on screen my software may not be valid).
Well, I bought it from buy.com or Amazon.com seven months ago and it
installed and validated without a problem and now I have issues and I have a
desperate need to use my computer now. I realize that Micorosft does not
apparently care about its customers or something like this would not happen
or there would be someone I could call 24/7. (P.S. I can not even run my
spell checker.) Maybe the EU is right...... Help.....

Visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on "Validate Windows"
then restart your computer.

If you still have an issue, then reset the activation as follows:

You can get started with phone activation by typing "slui.exe 4"
(w/o the quotes) in the Start Search box in the Start Menu and pressing
Enter.
The phone activation process takes about 6 minutes.


"Nevsky" <Nevsky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11B1282D-2F1E-4A36-AD9C-09FD410C2A42@microsoft.com...
I have been getting these messages that I do not have a legitimate version of
Vista when I know 100% I do. I have been using it for Seven months and have
not made any material hardware changes to my system (especially recently).
Suddenly I get these messages and of course there is no one at Microsoft to
call. I need my computer now. How can Microsoft produce such a shoddy
product (I am now getting notes on screen my software may not be valid).
Well, I bought it from buy.com or Amazon.com seven months ago and it
installed and validated without a problem and now I have issues and I have a
desperate need to use my computer now. I realize that Micorosft does not
apparently care about its customers or something like this would not happen
or there would be someone I could call 24/7. (P.S. I can not even run my
spell checker.) Maybe the EU is right...... Help.....

Thank you very much for the prompt response. I called Australia Microsoft
(who else is there to all on a Sunday night from the US?) and he suggested
phone activation. In the process of talking to Australia, I got cut off from
phone activation (which I dialed while on hold with Australia) and wound up
with a helpful person at Microsoft phone activation in India who got me
going, but now I have to call some Microsoft fraud number in the US. At
least it is working, but there is something wrong with the process when a
copy I know is valid and had been activated for seven months (with weekly
Microsoft updates too) suddenly for no apparent reason goes bad. In fact, I
wonder if the problem was with the last update. I have Vista 64-bit
Ultimate. Now that I can get into my computer, I checked and confirmed that
I purchased it from Amazon.com. If it is not legitimate, why does Microsoft
not take it up with Amazon—they are both in Seattle.

Thank you once again for your help.


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on "Validate Windows"
> then restart your computer.
>
> If you still have an issue, then reset the activation as follows:
>
> You can get started with phone activation by typing "slui.exe 4"
> (w/o the quotes) in the Start Search box in the Start Menu and pressing
> Enter.
> The phone activation process takes about 6 minutes.
>
>
> "Nevsky" <Nevsky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11B1282D-2F1E-4A36-AD9C-09FD410C2A42@microsoft.com...
> I have been getting these messages that I do not have a legitimate version of
> Vista when I know 100% I do. I have been using it for Seven months and have
> not made any material hardware changes to my system (especially recently).
> Suddenly I get these messages and of course there is no one at Microsoft to
> call. I need my computer now. How can Microsoft produce such a shoddy
> product (I am now getting notes on screen my software may not be valid).
> Well, I bought it from buy.com or Amazon.com seven months ago and it
> installed and validated without a problem and now I have issues and I have a
> desperate need to use my computer now. I realize that Micorosft does not
> apparently care about its customers or something like this would not happen
> or there would be someone I could call 24/7. (P.S. I can not even run my
> spell checker.) Maybe the EU is right...... Help.....