Here is me going on a tangent about microsoft and dell

[santucci218]

I got the Vista ultimate disc with my old dell laptop. Preinstalled on it though was vista premium. That computer didnt make it long and i purchased a new dell laptop (1521) with vista home premium. No biggie, i can install my disks i bought for ultimate on my new laptop.
NOPE. The product key is wrong. I call microsoft, they say call dell. i call dell, they say call microsoft.

Here is a case where you spend money with 2 big businesses and then after you pay them, they dont care if you get help or not.

Now im here on my really crappy IBM laptop typing to you all. i can not use my new laptop because i havent a product key.

I'll ask the dumb question.

Is there any generic activation key i can use somehow? Is there any way to get around this dump? Im tired of talking to outsourced employees who cant tell my computer problems from a hole in the ground.

[Jeremy Crockett]

I'm sending you an abacus and a slide-rule. And it's probably a violation of forum policy to ask for software keys.

[santucci218]

ah well, close the thread, ill just go hunting elsewhere.

[MakiSupaStar]

You can call them up and explain the situation and they'll unlock the license. They've done that for me before. Microsoft.

[santucci218]

unlock the license? what did you tell them exactly? i called them a few times now and get the same thing..."call dell"

[MakiSupaStar]

Hmm. Ask to speak to a manager. If that doesn't work. Buy a mac.

[Phalex]

If the tangent doesn't work, you could always try the cosine of said tangent.

[santucci218]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Hmm. Ask to speak to a manager. If that doesn't work. Buy a mac.

if i wasnt poor i would totally own a mac. Anyways, im trying your idea now maki, thank you.

[Jeremy Crockett]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Hmm. Ask to speak to a manager. If that doesn't work. Buy a mac.

This is correct.

However, I'm still want to send Santucci an abacus.

[Sonic_Death]

Make sure you entered it in properly first and foremost.

I am a smart person and computer savvy, but even I was befuddled when an Office key wasn't working one time, and then I realized there was one mistake I typed in accidentally and never noticed (even after checking many times).

[casualmadness]

Originally Posted by Phalex

If the tangent doesn't work, you could always try the cosine of said tangent.

I see what you did there...

[santucci218]

I dont get the joke of the cosine... anyways, i called, i talked to the manager, they told me to call dell. i called dell, they told me to call microsoft for a new key.

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by santucci218

I dont get the joke of the cosine... anyways, i called, i talked to the manager, they told me to call dell. i called dell, they told me to call microsoft for a new key.

Call microsoft back. Be angry and pissed off. Take down names. Ask to talk to the manager. Ask to talk above that guy. Go as high as you need to go until you get either a new license or your old license unlocked. It can be done. I've done it before. It's a microsoft problem, not Dell.

[santucci218]

anybody have bill gate's phone #?

[playinpearls]

1-800 - I RIPPED YOU OFF - NOW LEAVE ME ALONE

at least thats what it was....

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by santucci218

anybody have bill gate's phone #?

Here is me trying to help................

No, but I'll be driving by his office later today. I'll go in and ask for a key on your behalf. Hehe, not really about asking.

Dell is right though, MS is who you need to contact for the key. Are all of the copies of Vista you have legit? Are the keys you currently have from MS, or a warez site?

-Mike

[mothmonsterman]

what ever you do, don't
....bittorrent a new copy of windows with a volume license key.

[need4mospd]

Call Microsoft and don't mention the brand of the new laptop. Their software that you purchased is not working on your computer, the fact it's a Dell has NOTHING to do with it.

[Mark Wilson]

Dude, you got a dell.

[aborgman]

Originally Posted by need4mospd

Call Microsoft and don't mention the brand of the new laptop. Their software that you purchased is not working on your computer, the fact it's a Dell has NOTHING to do with it.

Actually it does... because the OEM versions used by Dell (and the keys that go with them) aren't normal versions. They will not work on any non-Dell machine for example.