Firstly I have a genuine copy of vista , I bought my laptop new from john lewis and it is validated as genuine by microsoft validation site.
I installed vista service pack 2 beta kb94865 version .286 , I am aware I need to uninstall this and install the latest version of service pack 2 but I have tried all methods described in http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/23b20653-ddd7-47b1-8fd7-be9563c247b0 and on the microsoft article that this relates to , the uninstall does not succeed whatever method I try , the reason is I have nothing in my c:\temp folder , I do not have restore points , it is obviously massively frustrating , I have contacted microsoft support ( with a 'guarantee' they would get back in 24 hours and no reply .
I have activated vista , so slui.exe 4 takes me to a screen saying successfully activated with no phone numbers , but I still have a screen saying that windows will expire in 12 hours , what is the number for the uk do you know ? This is already taking up hours and is pretty unbelievable that a service pack can disable your computer ( whats going to happen in 12 hours ?! ) on a genuine copy of vista , its absolutely incredible that microsoft have built this into a service pack!
Please anyone can you give me a number ?
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What should I do ??
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