Derek's Musings » Windows 7 http://www.incandetech.com/derek I'm right. You're wrong. Don't take it personally. It's just how things are. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:58:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Be Careful Upgrading to Windows 7 SP1 http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2011/04/07/be-careful-upgrading-to-windows-7-sp1/ http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2011/04/07/be-careful-upgrading-to-windows-7-sp1/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:45:13 +0000 Derek http://www.incandetech.com/derek/?p=121 Continue reading →]]> Be careful when you’re prompted by Windows 7 to upgrade to Service Pack 1 (SP1). Specifically make sure that no other updates are checked off when performing the SP1 install. Having other updates checked off may result in the dreaded Blue/Black Screen of Death (BSOD), a sign of big problems.

Like all Windows service packs, Internet Explorer installs and other “large” updates I strongly recommend downloading the full install packages instead of using what comes down the pipe in Windows Update. Full packages generally do a more thorough job, at the expense of taking longer to install.

Windows 7 SP1 Full:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda

]]> http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2011/04/07/be-careful-upgrading-to-windows-7-sp1/feed/ 1 Windows Vista / Windows 7 Activation Error 0x8007232B http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2009/10/12/windows-vista-windows-7-activation-error-0x8007232b/ http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2009/10/12/windows-vista-windows-7-activation-error-0x8007232b/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:18:23 +0000 Derek http://www.incandetech.com/derek/?p=71 Continue reading →]]> If you get this error while attempting to activate Windows…

Windows_NT_6.x_Activation_KMS_DNS_Error
…then re-enter your product key. That’s it.

You’re most likely using an enterprise copy of Windows Vista or Windows 7 (or Windows Server 2008 or R2) that’s set to activate using a KMS key, instead of a MAK key. A KMS key requires a license server on the network to activate against, which if you’re at home or in a smaller business one probably doesn’t exist. Re-entering the product key forces Windows to activate against the Microsoft server(s).

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