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At last ! Back on line !

Desktop having a noisy graphics card replaced so I brought down my laptop which has worked perfectly for 7 or 8 years now.

Thinking that it hadn't had a good clean up in a while I downloaded and ran SuperAntiSpyware which I've used on the desktop for a couple of years.

It found 3 trojans and a couple of file entries which it recommended I get rid of,which I did. It also said that to be sure I should reboot so I did.

It then came up with 'This copy of Windows needs activating.' By phone and internet it won't do it saying that I may be the victim of hooky software. I most certainly am not.

Any ideas what occured and how I put it right?

Quote: Oldrocker @ April 21 2012, 12:49 AM BST

At last ! Back on line !

Desktop having a noisy graphics card replaced so I brought down my laptop which has worked perfectly for 7 or 8 years now.

Thinking that it hadn't had a good clean up in a while I downloaded and ran SuperAntiSpyware which I've used on the desktop for a couple of years.

It found 3 trojans and a couple of file entries which it recommended I get rid of,which I did. It also said that to be sure I should reboot so I did.

It then came up with 'This copy of Windows needs activating.' By phone and internet it won't do it saying that I may be the victim of hooky software. I most certainly am not.

Any ideas what occured and how I put it right?

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Just do the phone option (look for an option to talk to a human) and hang on until you get a human Microsoft person and explain it to him/her. I've never known them refuse provided that you have an explanation. I guess software pirates never want to talk to a human and don't even try.

He/she will ask for a code number from the screen & then dictate a new number back to you to activate it.

Thanks Ode Pal.

I'll give it a go tomorrow but, having tried the phone, it didn't seem to give me a human option?

Quote: Oldrocker @ April 21 2012, 1:29 AM BST

Thanks Ode Pal.

I'll give it a go tomorrow but, having tried the phone, it didn't seem to give me a human option?

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It's in there somewhere.

Maybe I tried entering 00000000000000 on the auto phone system.

Which O/S is it?

See towards the bottom of this page, the trick is to get the auto phone system to fail & then a human comes on the phone.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-activate-windows-vista-by-phone-activation/

Google search:
[Microsoft activating by phone human]

Billwill,

Thanks.

I gave it to the shop that did my desktop and they've come back to say that XP Pro is installed but the product key is for XP Home ergo fecked.

Don't ask me how !

They're going to sort it (at a cost) but thanks for the advice.

To finish my story, just had an outside aerial fitted and two new TV points put in, very pleased and not as much drilling as I thought. There was zero reception with the indoor aerial that I tried.

Whoo, I have my computer back, but can't open any bloody documents or get my emails. Sod, sod, sod.

It is shocking how quickly one gets used to another computer, I am struggling to type on a different keyboard and my whooshy mouse thing doesn't whoosh the same way at all. I feel even more technologically idiotic than usual

After 3 days away, came home computer no internet connection- but I pad worked?.

Well, had to rid myself of 'Macafee protection protocals' then re-boot, eventually ccaame on, Hooray!

Did not need to wait for my mate to help! Not sure what to do about the virus protection now?.

AJGO, horrid toothache, you need wine and sympathy! I've got a lot of mouth-ulcers, plenty f salt-water gargles, then wine!!

You can download the free version of AVG.

Quote: dellas @ April 25 2012, 11:05 AM BST

AJGO, horrid toothache, you need wine and sympathy! I've got a lot of mouth-ulcers, plenty f salt-water gargles, then wine!!

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Thanks d. 'Fixed' computer has now lost internet as well. This is a ghastly day. At least there's a good snooker match on this arvo, although that'll probably turn out to be rubbish too. I do need wine and sympathy!

Anyone who can enjoy snooker will never be bored

I'm giving a presentation on PowerPoint on Wednesday.

I have included a video from YouTube in it.

In the past, I've seen folk struggle with getting the link to play. So I downloaded the video and saved it to my laptop.

Im using a USB stick to transfer the PowerPoint.

If I save the PowerPoint and the video in the same folder on my USB stick will that play ok?

I think there is a 'package for CD' feature in Powerpoint that allows you to make a presentation completely portable. It then copies all files (and videos) to one place. It even includes a viewer (PPTVIEW.EXE) in case your demo machine doesn't have PowerPoint installed. You could test it by just unplugging yourself from the internet prior to running. That way you can be sure everything is being picked up locally.

Incidentally the new Windows LIVE Movie Maker is pathetic, it has been dumbed down so that now it can't do much more than chop the lead and trail off a phone-recorded video and add music through-out. Any one who wants to do any serious video editing at low cost should go get Windows Movie Maker version 2.6 from the Microsoft Website, before they drop it. It was produced for Vista, but works fine on Windows 7. I haven't tried it back on Windows XP, but the earlier version 2.1 (?) originally ran on Windows XP in any case.

Download v 2.6 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=34

Quote: Ishy @ May 7 2012, 12:34 PM BST

I think there is a 'package for CD' feature in Powerpoint that allows you to make a presentation completely portable. It then copies all files (and videos) to one place. It even includes a viewer (PPTVIEW.EXE) in case your demo machine doesn't have PowerPoint installed. You could test it by just unplugging yourself from the internet prior to running. That way you can be sure everything is being picked up locally.

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Thanks!