How To Activate Windows 7 by Phone Step-by-Step Guide
In this Windows 7 tutorial I'll try to summarize the steps in order to show how to activate Windows 7 by phone.
Normally Windows 7 users can automatically activate their Win7 installation when their Windows7 computer is connected to internet.
But if you can not connect to internet and if you want to activate your Windows 7 setup during the activation period, you can use phone and call Microsoft Windows 7 Activation numbers as I will describe below and following the instructions in each activation step, you can easily activate your Windows7 install.
If you can connect to internet and have not activated your Windows 7 copy during the installation process, you can find how to activate Windows 7 automatically at How to Activate Windows 7 Manually - Windows 7 Activation Steps tips & tricks guide for Win7 users.
Why activate Windows 7 ?
You should activate Windows 7 copy you have installed within the given period,
since otherwise you can not continue using all the features of Windows 7 with
your installation.
Go to Start Menu and right click on the Computer item. On the context menu
click on Properties.
This menu selection will display the System screen which is displaying basic
information about the computer running Windows 7. You can also open this screen
by opening the Control Panel and then selecting the System and Security and
later System item.
You can see the Windows activation status at the bottom of this screen.
Since I have not activated the Windows 7 setup yet, in the Windows activation
section you can see the message "n days to activate. Activate Windows now"
To activate Windows 7 by phone if you are not online or by automatic activation
if you are online on the internet, click on the "Activate Windows now" message.
Another method of opening the Windows 7 activation screen is by executing the
slui.exe application on the Search programs and files search list as follows.
Type slui.exe on the Search programs and files textbox. And click slui.exe
application listed in the Programs group to open Windows 7 activation screen.
No matter which method you used to open the Windows 7 Activation dialog screens,
the below activation wizard will start and guide you through all activation
steps.
As mentioned in this screen, you must activate Windows 7 within the left perion
to continue using all Windows features.
If your installed Windows 7 computer can connect to internet, you can continue
activating Windows 7 by selecting the first item in the list. "Activate Windows
online now"
But if your Windows 7 computer is not on the internet now, you can select "Show
me other ways to activate" item in order to activate Windows 7 by phone./p>
As you can see the other activation methods are listed as :
Use my modem to connect directly to the activation service (recommended if you
have a modem)
Use the automated phone system
I will chose to continue Windows 7 activation by using the automated phone
system.
The next screen will display the nearest location for available phone numbers
for activation of Windows 7. After this activation screen is displayed you can
change the location for your location in order to make a suitable phone call.
Each location automated phone numbers differs from other locations.
When you click Next button, the Windows 7 activation wizard will display the 3
steps you should do in order to complete your Windows 7 setup activation.
In the first step, you are listed with available phone numbers. If available a
toll-free number, an other toll number again if available and an SMS yet
available.
You will call given phone number to get a confirmation ID. When you call the
toll or toll-free number by phone, you will ask for which Microsoft product
group activation you are calling, for Windows Vista, for Windows 7, for
Microsoft Office, etc.
After you select Windows 7 (it was number 2 when I made my activation call for
the Virtual PC Win7 installation), you are requested to enter the Installation
Id by typing on the phone.
This is the second step. Installation Id is given on Step 2 section and is about
54 digit long number grouped in 6 digit long 9 items.
After you enter yout system installation id, you will given a corresponding 54
digit long Confirmation ID by the activation phone system.
Please note this confirmation id on a peace of paper or on your computer use the
Notepad application. Since you might type it wrong for the first time. On the
phone you can listen the confirmation id again and again and I can suggest you
to select the listen again option until your Windows 7 activation is completed.
Please note that the above Windows 7 activation wizard screen displays
activation phone numbers for United States.
Please click on the links for activation phones for
United Kingdom,
activation phone numbers for Australia,
for Canada,
for France,
for India,
for activation phone numbers for Turkey.
You can find more phone numbers for other countries on the wizard screens.
After you type the Confirmation Id into the approtiate input boxes, the Next
button will enable for you to select.
After you click the Next button, Windows will match the installation id of the
system and the confirmation id from your input and will complete the activation
if the matching is successful.
Activation helps verify that your copy of Windows is genuine. With a genuine
copy of Windows 7, you are eligible to receive all available updates and product
support from Microsoft.
After the Windows 7 activation is successfully completed, the message on the
System Control Panel screen will alter as "Windows is activated"
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