Activation Count Alex 10/5/2008 5:52:00 PM Hello, Friday night ( 11:12 PM ) i installed my Genuine OS ( Windows Vista Home Premium x64 ). I decided to activate it only Monday ( morning ). So... In "System Properties" now ( Sunday, 08:48 PM ) in "Windows Activation" i am announced that Windows will activate automatic in 1 day. Why in 1 day [?] if the count was started at 11:12 PM ( Friday ) ??? How is counting Windows this days? From HH:MM to HH:MM or by another type of algorithm? Thank You!

Re: Activation Count Bruce Chambers <bchambers[ at ]cable0ne.n3t> 10/5/2008 6:08:58 PM Alex wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello, > Friday night ( 11:12 PM ) i installed my Genuine OS ( Windows Vista Home > Premium x64 ). I decided to activate it only Monday ( morning ). > So... > In "System Properties" now ( Sunday, 08:48 PM ) in "Windows Activation" i am > announced that Windows will activate automatic in 1 day. Why in 1 day [?] if > the count was started at 11:12 PM ( Friday ) ??? > How is counting Windows this days? From HH:MM to HH:MM or by another type of > algorithm? > Thank You! I believe it simply counts days as 24-hour periods (It really doesn't, but that's how it would translate to a human). It also "rounds off" the time remaining. Basically, you're given 72 hours from the time of installation to the time of activation. So, what you're seeing seems correct, to me. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot

Re: Activation Count Brink <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/5/2008 7:17:45 PM Hi Alex, Normally you would have 30 days of trial period to activate Vista, but you will only have 3 days if you checked the "Automatically activate Windows when I'm online" optionwhile installing Vista. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-vista-phone.html Hope this helps, Shawn Alex;853258 Wrote: > Hello, > Friday night ( 11:12 PM ) i installed my Genuine OS ( Windows Vista > Home > Premium x64 ). I decided to activate it only Monday ( morning ). > So... > In "System Properties" now ( Sunday, 08:48 PM ) in "Windows Activation" > i am > announced that Windows will activate automatic in 1 day. Why in 1 day > [?] if > the count was started at 11:12 PM ( Friday ) ??? > How is counting Windows this days? From HH:MM to HH:MM or by another > type of > algorithm? > Thank You! -- Brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) *Please post feedback to help others.*

RE: Activation Count Mick Murphy 10/5/2008 8:04:00 PM http://www.microsoft.com/hk/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/activationfaq.mspx FAQ re Activation -- Mad Mike "Alex" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello, > Friday night ( 11:12 PM ) i installed my Genuine OS ( Windows Vista Home > Premium x64 ). I decided to activate it only Monday ( morning ). > So... > In "System Properties" now ( Sunday, 08:48 PM ) in "Windows Activation" i am > announced that Windows will activate automatic in 1 day. Why in 1 day [?] if > the count was started at 11:12 PM ( Friday ) ??? > How is counting Windows this days? From HH:MM to HH:MM or by another type of > algorithm? > Thank You!