Comments on: Testing IE7 Revisited http://benward.me/mint/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fbenward.me%2Fblog%2Ftesting-ie7-revisited&seed_title=Testing+IE7+Revisited Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:59:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ben http://benward.me/mint/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fbenward.me%2Fblog%2Ftesting-ie7-revisited&seed_title=Testing+IE7+Revisited/comment-page-1#comment-937 Ben Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:59:08 +0000 http://ben-ward.co.uk/journal/testing-ie7-revisited/#comment-937 That's how I thought it worked too. Thing is though, I had Win XP in 'save state' (a Virtual PC feature where you just 'pause' the machine rather than 'shutting down' when you quit. Kinda like 'Hibernate' or 'Sleep' on a physical machine I suppose, but without the hosted operating system knowing anything about it). I just restored the running Windows XP after about three/four weeks which I suspect bypassed the 'You must activate now!!' check. It seems that it also confused the feck out of the activation system altogether. It's so, so odd. There's no logical reason for it to fail activation one day and work later. Is there? Anyway, IE7 is now installed for testing. Which is nice. That’s how I thought it worked too. Thing is though, I had Win XP in ‘save state’ (a Virtual PC feature where you just ‘pause’ the machine rather than ‘shutting down’ when you quit. Kinda like ‘Hibernate’ or ‘Sleep’ on a physical machine I suppose, but without the hosted operating system knowing anything about it).

I just restored the running Windows XP after about three/four weeks which I suspect bypassed the ‘You must activate now!!’ check. It seems that it also confused the feck out of the activation system altogether. It’s so, so odd. There’s no logical reason for it to fail activation one day and work later. Is there?

Anyway, IE7 is now installed for testing. Which is nice.

]]> By: Ben O'Neill http://benward.me/mint/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fbenward.me%2Fblog%2Ftesting-ie7-revisited&seed_title=Testing+IE7+Revisited/comment-page-1#comment-936 Ben O'Neill Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:19:52 +0000 http://ben-ward.co.uk/journal/testing-ie7-revisited/#comment-936 Once you're out of the activation period (when you can use Windows but it nags you) you enter the you-must-activate-windows-now period, where you can't do anything until you've activated -- that's how I thought it worked. Also you can use any valid key, obviously you're not supposed to but they don't know ;). I don't know what the license actually says about virtual PCs etc. I've reinstalled my copy of Windows 10 or more times, most times it activates fine, sometimes it asks me to ring and activate (automated, free phone call). I think the last time it asked me to ring was when I changed my motherboard ... Once you’re out of the activation period (when you can use Windows but it nags you) you enter the you-must-activate-windows-now period, where you can’t do anything until you’ve activated—that’s how I thought it worked.

Also you can use any valid key, obviously you’re not supposed to but they don’t know ;). I don’t know what the license actually says about virtual PCs etc.

I’ve reinstalled my copy of Windows 10 or more times, most times it activates fine, sometimes it asks me to ring and activate (automated, free phone call). I think the last time it asked me to ring was when I changed my motherboard …

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