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No seriously, well done.
Replaced my motherboard and processor last week* and needless to say, Windows 10 wanted reactivation. I'd already linked the PC to my MS account, so it should be just a "I have changed hardware" reactivate.
Except ... all weekend I'm getting "we can't talk to our servers" and then Sunday evening it changes to "we can't do that right now, try again later". So Monday morning I ring MS. Their guy takes over my PC and starts to have problems because he can only see one monitor of the three, and it doesn't have the toolbar or start button. And I can't move it because that counts as "personalization" and you can't do that until you activate ... Still, we muddle through, and I'm glad to see he tried what I had then paused a while (presumably to find another tech support sheet) and tried it again. STill, eventually with the help of photos of my COA, screen grabs of my MB receipt, and a fair amount of hair tearing at his end, it's all activated.
Hour and a half that took. But it worked! Well done, Microsoft - Danny deserves a medal.
(Mind you if your DRM wasn't so draconian, he wouldn't have been needed, would he?  )
Oh - and I now have a VBS script that reads my product key from the registry in human friendly enterable characters ... might hang onto that.
* Core 1 on the old one was getting too hot and causing soft errors, 75C is way too much. Probably just the thermal paste breaking down, but I've had problems removing old heatsinks before.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Their guy takes over my PC
Strange that they didn't call you themselves to offer to do that?!?!? 
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I did call him. But he didn't buy my accent!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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That and you came in on a number that comes up on my CLI as "Spammer" 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Hour and a half that took. But it worked! Well done, Microsoft - Danny deserves a medal.
(Mind you if your DRM wasn't so draconian, he wouldn't have been needed, would he? )
This does not really make me want to have anything more to do with Mickeysoft. The OS is a component of the computer and has to do its job without getting into my way too much. What if the companies that made the other components started with that kind of harassment as well? You would be jumping through burning hoops every day and they would just get even crazier when they get away with it. Sorry, Mickeysoft, but I will not waste any time on this little sh*t test.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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OriginalGriff wrote: VBS script
OriginalGriff wrote: might hang onto that.
Who are you? And what have you done to Griff?
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Off topic, but look what Yoda's dad has to say about heartless scandinavian marauders: YouTube[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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If the Muppets came back I might even start watching TV again.
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I was searching for another sort of marauder and that's what Google returned as a result- 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It's probably copyright, and I'm not licensed to reverse engineer it into something a little less ... basic.
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No, mine is a bit more complex, including specific bits for Win8 as well as rather different code.
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I have a copy of that (or similar) script, but cannot recall where I got it from.
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I rebuilt mine last weekend (grading up from Core2 quad and Win7) and Win 10 couldn't connect to the Internet without a new driver for the Ethernet port (as it turned out).
Until then, the troubleshooter kept saying something was wrong with the Ethernet settings and couldn't fix it -- would I like to provide feedback on the troubleshooter? 
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Yeah, I went from an dual core E6700 on an ECS MB to an i5 on a Gigabit MB, and ... Win 10 worked perfectly. No bus master problems, no USB controller hiccups, I replaced the MB and powered up on the original SSD and it booted straight in. All required drivers detected and loaded for me.
That's a real improvement on the old days!
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OriginalGriff wrote: might hang onto that.
Publish a tip? 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Hmm ... would that count as plagiarism, given I can't quote an exact source?
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mmm... maybe?
I bet CP Servers would be happy if you get nuked... the counters for reputation are doing extra hours with your account. 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Free up some DB space as well - I'm up to 67,623 reminders today. 
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Well that was the idea - see if they used a 16 bit counter. I've a ways to go before I hit the 32 bit limit though...
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Microsoft is making a mashup so we could make compilations of things they are doing wrong.
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Sounds like teacher should look to come up (7)
Sounds like teacher = Sur
look to = face
come up = Surface
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
modified 3-Sep-18 8:12am.
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Nope
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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