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    Need Help With Activate Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Salah, Jan 15, 2008.

  1. Salah

    Salah Newbie

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    hi everybody ,,, i bought lenovo 3000 n100 and its came with no cd or dvd ,
    so after 5 months i format the whole h.d and i took my friend Anytime Upgrade DVD and install the windows vista home premium and its wont activate by the net and i live in palestine and i call the automated phone but i cant understand anything cause i dont speak hebrew

    anyway , please anyone can tell my the steps to activate the vista using the installation id by telephone

    thnx
     
  2. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you made the Recovery Discs, you could recover the original installation, then backup your activation using my ABR tool. See the clean install guide in my signature for details.

    Otherwise the only other way is to activate by phone. Maybe there is another phone number you can call for it?
     
  3. Salah

    Salah Newbie

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    mmmmmm , i saw your program but when after the format i saw the key buts it told me that cant find the certified

    and told me the key is invalid for activation

    and i tried to use the telephone but like i said its in hebrew and i cant undestand them , if u can tell me the steps like press 2 on the phone to enter something i will be appreciate it .
     
  4. j-dogg

    j-dogg Notebook Evangelist

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    even if you get the write buttons to push wont the people on the other end still be speaking hebrew?
     
  5. Salah

    Salah Newbie

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    if i send them the installation id the will send me the confirmation id or not ? if true i must know the right button to enter the numbers , btw i can know the numbers in hebrew ;)
     
  6. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    what is installation ID anyway? Call them and activate. Most of the time the key on the bottom of ur laptop doesn't activate automatically over the net.
     
  7. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    Dude, usually you're pretty on top of things, but are you even reading the messages here? He just said (twice) that he doesn't speak the language they are using on the phone.

    @Salah:
    Here are a list of other phone numbers. One of the might work better for you:
    http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/resources/vol/numbers.mspx
     
  8. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I imagine that another country's activation center could help you. Do you have a local friend that speaks Hebrew?
     
  9. jojoinnit

    jojoinnit Notebook Consultant

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    Couldn't you call a different country to activate it where they speak English or Arabic?
     
  10. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Could the Palestinian Authority help? There number is:
    (962) (6) 5503439(this charges a toll)
     
  11. mmk1125

    mmk1125 Notebook Geek

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    have you actually listen to the whole message til the very end when you called? Normally if in non-english country, the first message is in its native language, followed by the same message in English.