L£xia clone activation issues

[jgra1]

Chaps can anyone shed some light on my activation issues?



Quick summary
computer is an HP netbook, with win 7 starter edition, 32bit, SP1

Brought a l£xia clone, came with DVD’s (not looked at them yet)



Went to a Simon’s (Mandrakes) site and downloaded 3 Rars ..

Extracted those into a single ISO

Used 7-Zip to extract the ISO into its constituent files.



Clicked the setup file, waited about 30 mins for the software to install.. had some issues re firewall, turned that off and reinstalled.. get to the activation screen, add the correct user, but it won’t get much further than that.. tells me an error , reactivation needed.

I did do all of these steps again today, including downloading the original RARs again..



Just now I tried the reactivation, 10 times.. do I keep doing this till it works or should it work first time, as in the youtube video..

I have tried with and without wireless on, with and without firewall… but no luck

[Mandrake]

Went to a Simon’s (Mandrakes) site and downloaded 3 Rars ..

Extracted those into a single ISO

Used 7-Zip to extract the ISO into its constituent files.

Don't do that.

You need to either burn the ISO image to a DVD or mount it to a drive letter using ISO mounting software such as MagicDisc. (free)

Then run the setup installer from the DVD or mounted drive letter. Extracting the files within the ISO image to a folder and trying to install from there will not work.

This may not be the only problem you're having but I know from personal experience that it won't install successfully by extracting the files from the ISO.

[jgra1]

thanks Simon..will try that

did read about disabling virtualisation in BIOS but netbook doesn't have advanced settings in BIOS, so cant do that..

[Mandrake]

I doubt whether virtualisation being on or off in the BIOS would cause any problems.

[jgra1]

the virtualisation - it was something I got from BBA forum,

anyway.. have mounted the ISO, and its already very different after the activation screen.,., looking good

silly IT manager making me try 7 zip!! about 10 hours of my life wasted lol

[addo]

I hope they were paid hours the office experts wasted for you!

[Mandrake]

anyway.. have mounted the ISO, and its already very different after the activation screen.,., looking good

Any luck yet ?

[jgra1]

all done sorry meant to say...

so.. as far as I know, I have 7.02 running well on here... have the kit in a box.. and yes, 5C today, no way the car would start.. had to get rescued by co worker ;( ..
will get the machine on the car and see what I can glean from it.. may have to wait now till tomorrow am..