Clamshell Activation Code
 

I'm helping a relatively new team activate the Windows 7 OS on their new clamshell. Would anyone happen to know the activation code required?

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If Win7 came with the laptop, the product key is usually on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop. If Win7 is installed from a retail product, you should have a product key in the retail box. If Win7 is already pre-installed on the machine, chances are you just need to connect the laptop to the Internet to activate the OS.

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There is a .bat file available for download on the KOP page. All it contains is the following command:
Run that, restart, and try to reactivate.

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That's the part which always trips us up.

I'm more than a little irritated at the growing requirement for a live internet connection in order to be an FRC team. We don't have a usable one at our shop. I did manage to get a temporary link working yesterday, with an annoying firewall keeping us from downloading everything we would have liked to, but it was enough to let Windows 7 on the 2010 Classmate decide it was genuine. We'll have similar issues if we want to install WindRiver.

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That's one of our issues too. I am interested in knowing what other teams use for Internet connectivity for checking updates, search for datasheets etc. We usually need Internet connectivity in two places: our school for which although the school district has Internet connectivity, students are not allowed to access it. At the Joint Practice Field that several schools in our region built in some sort of warehouse where there is no Internet. In the past, if we are luck, some mentors may have a 3G/4G link on their phone that we may be able to tap into. We also consider a temporary subscription to 3G/4G/WiMax type of connectivity. But we are not able to find a service provider that will not charge you an arm and a leg for it. They usually involve activation fee, a 1 or 2 year contract etc. We just need it for the season (about 3 months). What is the most cost effective way to get mobile Internet?

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Sorry, I should not change the subject on this thread. I have re-posted my question on a new thread.
http://chiefdelphi.com/forums/showth...888#post996888

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All right, here's the thing... I followed the instructions word for word from this PDF: http://usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Rob...tion_Rev_A.pdf

The documentation doesn't say anything further about activating after running the Classmate_Update.bat file. I've run the Classmate_Update.bat, I've seen the successful message, and I've restarted. Unfortunately, I still cannot activate. It gives me error code 0x8007232B, and I have 3 days left.

I found a solution, but it requires a Windows Product Key...

I also noticed that AVG was NOT installed as the documentation says it was.

Perhaps there were two different versions of the 2011 software released?

I'm actively searching for solutions, but if anyone else has encountered this problem and found a working solution, could you be as kind as to help a fellow team out?

Also, for what it's worth, I performed the fix to get back our 5GB of data on the image, and it worked. I'm also waiting on the antivirus (Avast) to install and then I'll update the Classmate software from the link provided in the documentation above.

Thanks!

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I too was frustrated by this, it kept saying that the key was not valid or something like that, so I ended up using a 7Pro key that I already owned

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I have a key from MSDNAA, but I'd rather not use that...

As an update... well I'm all up to date as far as the required updates go. I'm currently updating Windows, so I'll give it another go after it's up to date.

Now I'm curious... are there veteran teams that have been able to update and activate successfully? I'm finding quite a few on the FIRST Forum having the same issue.

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[raises hand] Yes, there's one right here.

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We were able to successfully update and activate our classmate by following the How to Set Up Your 2011 Driver Station guide on the new kit of parts website.

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Hmm... I don't know what it is. All I know is that I'm getting a "DNS name does not exist" error. You can see the update batch file on the desktop. I get the conformation that it was successful. I read up on this quite a bit last night and it appears there is nothing I can do.
Attachment 9653
I did find a KMS file in the user folder. Does anyone else see this file, and if so, is the address the same?
Attachment 9654

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That is the error we were getting until we ran Classmate_Update.bat as mentioned in the "Windows 7 Activation" section of How to Set Up Your 2011 Driver Station.

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Yep... as you can see, that's the file sitting on the desktop. I've run it a few times and it says that it's successful and to restart. I restart, and it still fails activation.

Also, another curious thought... was AVG installed when you updated the classmate image? I find it weird that such a discrepancy would exist in the documentation still.

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Your Classmate is connected to the Internet, right?

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When trying to activate, yes. When the instructions said not to connect, no (during the Windows setup while making the username, timezone stuff, etc...). I did not connect to the internet until after restarting after running the classmate_update.bat.

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Are you able to browser from the Classmate to check if Internet connectivity (DHCP) isn't being prevented by a bad IP settings, such as running the Driver Station could cause?

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Yep, was browsing Chief Delphi and the forums last night on it. I'm really at a loss right now. I can't think of what could be preventing it from working. I hope it's just something I'm doing wrong, but as far as I can tell, everything I've done so far is correct.

EDIT:
Also, I found your posts on the FIRST forums. I've tried the "netsh winsock reset catalog" command with no success.

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I fired off an email to FIRST asking for help. I'll report back with any news, although I'm sure they're still swarmed.

If anyone sees any trouble with the procedure I went through, let me know. I tried to be as clear and concise as possible.

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Found the following threads on the web. Although it said it's for Vista, I think it is still relevant.

http://www.exe-dll-error-repair.com/...windows-vista/
http://www.technewsgeek.com/how-to-f...007232b-error/

Search for "Activation error 8007232B" and you will find tons of threads on this issue.

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I've found those before... but the problem is that you need the product / multiple activation key, which, I don't believe was provided to the veteran teams.

There is another way given the KMS to use the DNS server you provide to activate it, but it won't take the KMS address I found in the Developer user folder.

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Well I went through everything one more time. Still can't activate. I went down the instruction sheet and checked off every item in order.
:mad:

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We had this problem and had to run the .bat file from the USB drive supplied by FIRST. After that we got the success message and rebooted fine. It did not work the first few times we ran from the C drive.

Mac Team 2346

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Take the laptop and flip it over. There should be a sticker that says "Windows Verified" or something along those lines. You should have something like a 20-digit activation code...give it to windows 7 and you should be good to go.

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Well... we got ours working. We found that all the new PCs in the classroom had unactivated Windows 7 Professional Product Keys on them. The school still uses Windows XP. We're all good.

Too bad it's not a fix for all teams.

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I realize this thread is a month old, but just in case you're still stuck:

You actually need to wait for a small blank dialog box to appear (it has one button: "OK") before you close the cmd.exe window after running the batch file. If you do not do this, you will never get the activation to work. It takes a good minute *after* the "finished" prompt before this dialog box pops up.