Classmate won't let me activate windows!

[swodaem]

I have been tasked to fix a resolution problem with our computer, it turns out that we can't change the resolution without activating Windows 7, which access to the servers is blocked by our schools network. I guess, during the activation at school, it failed, now, at my house connection, i can't activate it. Anyone have a solution?

[billbo911]

There are a couple options, but I find phone activation works fairly well.

[swodaem]

I don't have the option to look for "other ways to activate." The button is grayed out.

[JacobD]

Are you trying to activate windows with the same key that came with your disk installation? What I have found is that this can be a problem for it. But, like he said, the telephone option works more often than not. On one occasion, I got to the part where it asks you how many computers you have used with the key. My response was "I don't know" and it worked....

[Alan Anderson]

I helped Las Pumas properly re-image their Classmate and activate Windows using the 2014 Windows 7 Activation Procedure (2014_Windows_7_Activation_Procedure_Rev0.pdf) that FIRST made available last year.