Microsoft to Revamp Activation System with Windows 9

Mussels · Jul 8, 2014

TheMailMan78 said:
I'm willing to bet you have pirated software on your PC.

that laptops running the genuine OS it came with, and has nothing but teamspeak, minecraft, starcraft II and MPC-HC installed. MS just really, really hate that AMD changed the name of the GPU in a driver rebadge.

TRWOV · Jul 8, 2014

RCoon said:
I have an Office 365 license for Office Pro that can have 3 users on it. I used it 3 times, it derped out after I had to format my machine, and reinstall everything. Obviously office said it couldn't activate, asked me to call the number. I called it, put in the 32 digit install code, it still said it couldn't activate, and so it would put me through to some human to help me activate it. They guy on the other end of the phone said it wouldn't activate, I'd reached my limit, and hung up.

Feels good to pay for Office Pro and be told I can't use it after 3 reinstalls. The issue is not tech savvy people being lazy, the issue resides with M$ and their activation hoops. I'm out of pocket, therefore I have to pirate my Office software so that I can use what I've paid for.

Why don't you de-authorize your old PC from your account? :confused:

I can log into my account from any PC and de-authorize any PC that I have Office installed on.

RCoon · Jul 8, 2014

TRWOV said:
Why don't you de-authorize your old PC from your account? I can log into my account from any PC and de-authorize any PC that I have Office installed on.

The old PC is the same PC. It's been formatted 3 times, twice down to hardware failure, once down to me raging at something or other.

TRWOV · Jul 8, 2014

Your account should show three entries then. Just de-authorize all of them. :confused:

RCoon · Jul 8, 2014

TRWOV said:
Your account should show three entries then. Just de-authorize all of them.

There is no such option on my Microsoft HUP account page, only download options and order details.

Disparia · Jul 8, 2014

I'll keep my hopes up that it's not a complex mess. I know, I look like the stupid one for saying that, not Microsoft which probably won't reach my expectations :banghead:

Was already doing the subscription thing essentially with TechNet until that program was canceled. Did it force me into buying Windows 8? No, I kept my copies of Windows 7 and they lost the $250 I would have paid for another year. I'll get on board with Windows 9 as long as I feel its worth it.

Ahhzz · Jul 8, 2014

Same here. I've got legit licenses of 7 Ult and Pro, nothing for Win8 except my fiancee's laptop. Have no intention of moving to 8 at all on anything I use. Getting 9 will depend on usefulness. I passed on Vista because of its many issues, and lack of serious value, except for one machine at work to make sure I could find something if a client had issues. Kept a TechNet until they cancelled it. I'll do the same thing I've always done. If it's worth it to upgrade, they'll get a license from me, and then I'll make it work the way I need it to.

FX-GMC · Jul 8, 2014

RCoon said:
The old PC is the same PC. It's been formatted 3 times, twice down to hardware failure, once down to me raging at something or other.

So you are saying this doesn't work http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/deactivate-an-office-365-home-install-HA102925486.aspx

RCoon · Jul 8, 2014

FX-GMC said:
So you are saying this doesn't work http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/deactivate-an-office-365-home-install-HA102925486.aspx

It's Office Pro Plus, and no, I do not have that option on my account.

FX-GMC · Jul 8, 2014

RCoon said:
It's Office Pro Plus, and no, I do not have that option on my account.

Do you have an associated Office 365 Exchange Account? If I sign into 365 Outlook Web Access and click the gear > Office 365 settings I can see the software section references in the below article. You should be able to deactivate there as well.

Managing Office 365 ProPlus installations:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_r...activating-deactivating-and-reactivating.aspx

Deadlyraver · Jul 8, 2014

I cannot wait for pirates to "mingle" with the activation system. It is gonna be priceless if such a product was released and cracked in a short period of time.

I remember such claims for DRM management from Ubisoft being shot down in just two days.

Uncrackable.....nope.

Scrizz · Jul 8, 2014

this reeks of FUD

Ahhzz · Jul 8, 2014

Scrizz said:
this reeks of FUD

I would disagree... this reeks of M$. This is the same drastic measure that they took when moving to activation on XP. While I do understand this is the Internet, this would not surprise me in the least. Look at the Xcock One: that was the precursor. M$ attempts yet another method to lock down piracy, inconveniencing their legit users in the process? Completely legit.

MxPhenom 216 · Jul 8, 2014

RCoon said:
So nobody will bother getting Windows 9? Instead they'll just pay for cheap 7 or 8 keys, because that OS is perfectly serviceable for the near future.

Or at least they'll do that for the first week, until some crack scene group comes in and wipes the floor with microsofts activation system and entirely undermines all their effort. M$ should just stop bothering to waste time and money on that stuff. Pirates are going to pirate something in any way that they can, making activation a little harder isn't going to stop that. capitalise on paying customers that are going to pay and make their lives easier.

Yeah, I dont see why Microsoft is rushing to release Windows 9. Just give us Windows 8.1 Update 2 that has the option to have the tradition start menu back.

Otherwise we will be paying for pretty much what everyone wanted in the desktop version of Windows 8/8.1 from the beginning.

Ahhzz said:
I would disagree... this reeks of M$. This is the same drastic measure that they took when moving to activation on XP. While I do understand this is the Internet, this would not surprise me in the least. Look at the Xcock One: that was the precursor. M$ attempts yet another method to lock down piracy, inconveniencing their legit users in the process? Completely legit.

Your hate for Xbox One seems way out of line.

Roel · Jul 8, 2014

Because they make more money selling Windows 9 than when they would provide it as free update.

Ahhzz · Jul 8, 2014

Roel said:
Because they make more money selling Windows 9 than when they would provide it as free update.

This.
All. Day. Long.

dogchainx · Jul 8, 2014

Great. And I was so looking forward to what Windows 9 had to offer.

Thanks M$ for causing huge head aches for your legit customers.

suraswami · Jul 8, 2014

This ?

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

remixedcat · Jul 8, 2014

Mussels said:
So in other words, they've made it more annoying for end users, to make it more likely they'll just pirate it.

got it.

(i've got legit windows 7 and 8.1 and i've had to crack over the top of both, since they crack the megashits about me changing hardware. my windows 7 laptop deactivated itself because drivers changed the name the APU reported itself to windows device manager, so it assumed i'd pirated windows to another laptop)

I hope it won't flip it's shit when I upgrade the wireless (in my laptop)! I've had that happen to an HP desktop before! All I did was change the wireless (PCI-E) to something else and it triggered it!

Server doesn't seem to give much of a shit about major network changes though. But that comes with the territory...

Bansaku · Jul 9, 2014

What I read here is Micro$ost's Death Knel. :clap:

stinger608 · Jul 9, 2014

suraswami said:
This ?

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

Yes, if the major game developers would work on perfecting gaming with Linux; probably tens of millions would jump on the Ubuntu wagon!

Relayer · Jul 9, 2014

TheMailMan78 said:
I would call them back and get a manager. I've installed 360 about a dozen times now without an issue.

I'm willing to bet you have pirated software on your PC.

Not good to accuse people when you have no evidence.

Mussels said:
that laptops running the genuine OS it came with, and has nothing but teamspeak, minecraft, starcraft II and MPC-HC installed. MS just really, really hate that AMD changed the name of the GPU in a driver rebadge.

linoliveira · Jul 9, 2014

RCoon said:
I'm out of pocket, therefore I have to pirate my Office software so that I can use what I've paid for.

You sir made my day.

suraswami said:
This ?

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

THIS!
I would totally love to migrate from windows to Ubuntu... but no one wants to support gaming on that, all good titles stuck in freaking .NET that are a pain to port properly to linux based systems. And even if you make it, then some update comes, and it starts all over again...
Got done with that a few year ago and went back to W7 (yes, it is genuine! I got it free from the university partnership with M$)

Deleted member 24505 · Jul 9, 2014

I bought a retail yes retail windows 8 pro key for £25 so why pirate it.

TheMailMan78 · Jul 9, 2014

Mussels said:
everytime i install or update my graphics driver, i have to do it again. every time the time and date resets, i have to do it again.

i'm not saying piracy is the answer - i'm saying microsoft have serious flaws with their current system, and they need to fix that before making it even more restrictive.

Relayer said:
Not good to accuse people when you have no evidence.

First off I know Mussels. He's a pirating scallywag and proud of it. I didn't accuse him. I said I was willing to bet knowing his capt. hook ass's history on this forum.

Second I have a HP laptop with an APU I have installed windows on a dozen times. Never had an issue. So..........yup.

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