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Hey guys. I was hoping someone could double check Microsoft's Reader Activation server for me please? I had to adjust some partitions on my HDD and needed to reinstall Windows. As a result I needed to reinstall the Microsoft Reader. Unfortunately everytime I've tried to activate the program with Microsoft's server I receive the following error:
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I realize that the above error claims that the site may be down for "maintenance or upgrade", but it has been this way for several days. Thanks for any information or help you can provide. -Abisha Last edited by Abisha; 02-23-2009 at 10:27 PM. |
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Are you going to this address: http://das.microsoft.com/activate/en/activate.asp?
Seems to respond OK but my pc is already activated so I couldn't try it any further. There's an FAQ here and some troubleshooting stuff: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/info/activation.aspx Good luck. bob |
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Yes, that is the address. Unfortunately I'm still receiving the same error. (/start sarcasm) So I guess it looks like another win for the DRM team. I can't activate my device so I'm unable to read my books. I guess that means I'll have to re-purchase every book all over again. "PlaysForSure" nightmares anyone?
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About every six months my copy of MS LIT wants to be activated. The last time I received the messages you spoke of. About an hour later it did activate successfully. All other readers (Sony, Mobipocket, and eReader [modern version of PalmDoc])stayed active and have never given me a moment's pause.
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I was hoing that someone would have an answer as well. I have been trying to activate for 3 days now....and I get the same message....arrrr.
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... Or are you on Vista ? If so, you need to open your browser as Administrator (right click, and Run as ...), then go to the activation page, it should do the trick...
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I shared the same concern. My first response to the error I received was to completely disable every component of my security suite, Kaspersky in my case. Beyond that I really can't think of anything else I can do.
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Update: I booted up my XP partition and tried on that system, no luck there either. As for contacting M$FT support, I wasn't able to find any contact information on the reader website. Their FAQ page was pretty useless as well.
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http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...spx?gprid=2748 BOb |
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My copy of MS Reader no longer displays DRM infected eBooks. But, the good news is that I just use ConvertLIT to remove the DRM and I can then use MS Reader to view what I just purchased.
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In my past struggles with getting activation to work on different devices I've had great luck e-mailing Christine on the Microsoft Reader Team (msreadergirl@comcast.net). Not sure if this e-mail is still legitimate but it was a few years ago.
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