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Old 09-18-2010, 11:20 PM   #1
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Windows activation phone number?

Does anyone have this phone number? I can't find it on their website or by Googling it.

I already tried the online activation with no success. The cause is that I changed out my hard drive today and had to reinstall WIndows 7 which tripped the activation process.

Edit: Nevermind, I was doing some overclocking which required I set the BIOS back to its default settings which set the time back to 2002. Windows Genuine Advantage did not like this and tripped. What it did not do was restore the really nice desktop background that I had selected. Whats interesting is when this happens your MSE is shut down...no malware protection. How nice of Microsoft.

Pretty cool picture eh?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...w=1304&bih=812

Another nice one I had as my desktop background for a while..
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...w=1304&bih=812
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Old 10-09-2010, 11:46 AM   #2
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For future reference, here is a really cool guide with pictures on how to activate via phone: How To Activate Windows 7 by Phone Step-by-Step Guide . It also has the number to call on there. Glad you got it figured out this time though.
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Old 10-09-2010, 12:08 PM   #3
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Thanks, I have activated Windows via the internet and by phone call in the past. I just could not find the phone number at the time of my original post. The problem is fixed now.
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