>Why does everybody use the phone...why not the online activation?
Here's a scrap that I picked up somewhere - not sure where:
When you activate windows it gives you the option to do it automatically or
by phone. If you do it automatically your computer sends an ID code to
Microsoft and if the code is accepted Microsoft sends back an activation
code which is stored in an encrypted file in the system32 folder (wpa.dbl)
To get around this you should choose to activate by phone. This will open a
window giving you a phone number to call, an ID number, and a set of blocks
to type in the [WPA] key. When you call the number you get an automated
system that will ask you to read the ID number. If it accepts the number it
will give you the [WPA] key a few numbers at a time. it will ask you if you
got the numbers after each set and give you the option to have them
repeated. Just write down the numbers the first time and ask to have them
repeated and type them in the appropriate box the second time. Keep doing
that until you have all the numbers, and then activate your windows
installation. Keep the [WPA] key with your installation disk and you can
use it to activate windows as many times as you want. Just choose activate
by phone and type in the [WPA key you saved].
Robert Turnbull, Toronto, Canada
