[OT] Help with windows activation

stephen barncard stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com
Sat Mar 31 22:00:23 EDT 2012


The user that let the other guy do the change is just as responsible for
not considering. Or maybe the user should just pay and get the right
license.  Not your fault in any case.

On 31 March 2012 18:39, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Due to my mostly non-confrontational nature i'm skipping right to the do it
> right part.
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:
>
> > I would go back to the first guy who "helped" and ask him what he planned
> > to do next. Then after the hemming and hawing, tell him, "The road to
> Hell
> > is paved with good intentions." then turn around, walk away and do it
> > right. But that's just me. :-)
> >
> > Bob Sneidar
> > IT Manager
> > Calvary Chapel CM
> > Sent from iPhone
> >
> > On Mar 31, 2012, at 17:28, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Ah well. Reloads are easy, its the time down the drain that I wish I
> > could
> > > have back.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the confirmation.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Ken Ray <kray at sonsothunder.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> On Mar 31, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hey all, hope its ok for me to pick everyones brain..
> > >>>
> > >>> I am working on a system for a friend. The previous person "helped"
> > them
> > >> by
> > >>> installing vista ultimate for which they have no valid license.
>  Didn't
> > >>> activate it, 30 days later everything goes wonky.
> > >>>
> > >>> They do have a valid vista license, just not for vista ultimate.
> > >>> Unfortunately windows activation won't accept the code because of
> > course
> > >>> its for the wrong vista level. Does anyone know of a way to downgrade
> > >> from
> > >>> ultimate to home premium so that I can then activate and not have to
> > do a
> > >>> reload?
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, Mike… I don't think there's a way to do it; you'd have to do a
> > >> reinstall AFAIK.
> > >>
> > >> Ken Ray
> > >> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
> > >> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> > >> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> > >>
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