Laptop for non-online use only.

Toxteth_OGrady

If you never need it to connect to the internet and it has the programs you want to use on it (or bought with physical installation media e.g. CD/DVD) then you will not need to update.

You'll need to activate windows by phone if it asks to be activated:

Activate using the telephone

If Windows isn't able to activate online, you'll have the option to activate Windows 7 using an automated phone system.


Open Windows Activation by clicking the Start button , right-clicking Computer, clicking Properties, and then clicking Activate Windows now.!


Click Show me other ways to activate.


Type your Windows 7 product key, and then click Next.


Click Use the automated phone system. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.


Click the location nearest you from the drop-down list, and then click Next.


Call one of the available phone numbers listed. An automated system will guide you through the activation process.


When prompted, enter the installation ID that's listed on your screen into your phone's keypad.


Write down the confirmation ID that the phone system gives you.


Type the confirmation ID into the space provided under Step 3 in the activation dialog, click Next, and then follow the instructions.


If activation isn't successful, stay on the line to be transferred to a customer service representative who can assist you.

Rikki

Laptop's arrived. Back up disc's done. Windows 8 activated.

Question.

Played a DVD on it and it said: Disc - region free / Western Europe.
It will only allow five plays of this type of DVD. Why and what happens then?

NiftyDigits

It will lock itself to play only that regions DVDs.

Rikki

NiftyDigits wrote: »

It will lock itself to play only that regions DVDs.

But It's a Dell ordered for a UK buyer this is what I don't understand.


Edit: Muppet moment. You mean it will lock itself to the DVD region played last night after five DVD's have been played.

NiftyDigits

Rikki wrote: »

But It's a Dell ordered for a UK buyer this is what I don't understand.


Edit: Muppet moment. You mean it will lock itself to the DVD region played last night after five DVD's have been played.

The last DVD played is the important one.

In most computer drives, users are allowed to change the region code up to five times. If the number of allowances reaches zero, the region last used will be permanent even if the drive is transferred to another computer. This limit is built into the drive's controller software, called firmware. Resetting the firmware count can be done with first- or third-party software tools, or by reflashing to RPC-1 firmware.

Rikki

Can Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 be installed on more than one computer or is it one copy one computer?