Jul 02, 2017 How to Activate a Visa Credit Card. WikiHow Account. No account yet? It has a phone number you can call to activate it. ![]() My computer automatically updated Thursday July 10, 2008 and when it rebooted my Vista Home Premium was no longer valid and I was dead in the water. I called Lenovo who gave me a phone number for Microsoft activation. I called that number and they told me that was a technical problem and gave me another number. The third phone call lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes with no resolution. I was not able to activate a new product number due to a problem. What I learned is that there is a specific Lenovo / Microsoft problem and that a bunch of people called in last week. I was the only one who couldn't get restarted. It is now an elevated case with Microsoft and I am to wait for an email for a solution. In the meantime I ran the recovery disks I made a couple of months ago. ![]() ![]() Prior to doing this I called Lenovo and asked if it would overwrite Vista or the whole disk. The person at the other end told me I could choose. It overwrote the whole disk so now I have a loss of data. My computer is working and I did all updates until July 8 and did not do those. I have not heard from Microsoft on the solution and I am TERRIFIED of updating past the above mentioned date. Lenovo chooses not to hear my problem even though my computer is under warranty and Microsoft specified it was a Microsoft/Lenovo problem. To me that says there is a hardware problem. Anyway I am not fond of Microsoft or Lenovo at this time. I've had to send my computer in for work twice and have been awed at the speed of which I got my computer back and the shipping services Lenovo uses. Part of my problems that I was trying to fix was to clean off my hard drive as it was FULL and I was trying to do back ups unsuccessfully and get data cleaned off so my operating system could run more efficiently. Found out that the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery program is the culprit. I can't get it to run a backup to a network drive so still have that problem. Anybody able to give me a warm fuzzy feeling about either Microsoft or Lenovo so that I can begin to trust either? Believe me, you are not the only one fed up and with the EXACT same problem. Mine is Vista Ultimate and happened because of Auto updates on July 9th. I have been working with Microsoft and Lenovo just as you have, have rebuilt my system now 5 times after many hours on the phone. I am comfortable with Rescue & Recovery and did not lose any data as I have an auto backup to an external drive. I have turned off Windows Auto-updates until I hear about a fix from Microsoft or Lenovo. I, too, have no warm fuzzy feelings for either Microsoft or Lenovo, although I will say that they have spent a lot of time with me; however, the problem should NEVER have happened in the first place. It is my second complete crash with my 5 month old Lenovo m57p high end desktop - the last one due to a bad Lenovo Systems Update download file - a known issue that I was one of the first to discover. That one did not involve Microsoft and took 2 weeks to get resolved by Lenovo. I've never even had an apology from them. I have been through the EXACT same scenario on this Vista Validation issue as you and am still waiting. I am promised a call tomorrow. The only thing I have learned from Microsoft is that it was PROBABLY the KB950582 update that caused the problem. It is still listed as a critical update on my Windows Update screen. I did get SP 1 stand alone version successfully installed finally. No you are not alone. Automatic updates happens and one day you need an activation code and the one on the bottom of your laptop doesnt work. After much of the same back and forth nonesense no one at either Lenovo or Microsoft was able to fix the problem. Three days later about 10 hours on the phone with both companies, no one can give the activation code. You end up if you are lucky getting someone at Lenovo who knows how to restore the computer to factory settings (We got lucky enough to get someone who could walk us through it. You lose all your information and files and programs. You have to reinstall everything from day one. I even was told I had to buy a program to resolve this situation. The computer works now but I have shut down automatic updates until Microsoft and Lenovo solve the problem as I can not afford to lose any more information. So no we do not have any warm and fuzzy feelings for either Lenovo or Microsoft. They should own up to the fact that they have an issue and need to work on it. Which is the final answer I received after calling to report an illegal copy of Windows Vista purchased with the Lenovo Laptop last year. Since I don't want to have to reformat again I am leaving the updates off until the resolution occurs. And of course no one will inform me of this I have to keep looking on the websites of Lenovo and Microsoft. And yes I remain notageek. After determining the problem still existed with windows update automatically downloading & installing updates, then getting the 'windows activation error' code - 0xC004E003, using R & R to restore operating system to point (10-01-08 2:00 PM) & reading the post above by SueMag, I can confirm that the problem appears to be update #KB950582. I repeated the same procedure but stopped the system from restarting after installing the same 24 windows updates, uninstalled update KB950582 (which makes since, the release date is 07-08-08 which is about the time the trouble started), restarted the system & it booted up fine. So now I've got update back on, but select installs to make sure it doesn't get back on here, since it is considered an 'important' update. I hope this helps someone else. Call the activation number. When you receive your new credit card in the mail, it should have a sticker on the front that will explain how to activate it by either calling a phone number or going to a website. Locate the number and dial it using your phone. • Ordinarily, the phone number will be a toll-free number, such as an 800 number. • Depending upon your card issuer, you may only be able to call at certain times, such as during regular business hours. • Some card issuers only allow activation by phone. • You may be asked to call and activate your card from a phone number that the card issuer has on file. If you do not or cannot, you may have to speak with a representative from the card issuer to activate the card. This is a security measure to prevent credit card fraud. Answer security questions. When you call to activate your card, you may be asked a series of security questions. Whether a live person or an automated assistant asks you these questions, you will need to answer them (possibly by punching numbers in using your phone’s keypad) in order to activate the card. These security questions will be based on personal information that may include things like: • Your account number • Your PIN number • Your social Security number • Your address • Your date of birth. Visit the card activation website. In many cases, you can now choose to activate your card online. Look for a sticker on the front of the card or an insert that lists a secure website to activate it. Using a computer and internet browser, visit this website. • The website may be hosted by your bank or credit card issuer, or it may be the website of a secure third-party service that it uses. • Avoid visiting credit card activation websites when using unsecure internet connections, such as public wi-fi in coffee shops. It is easier for thieves to access and steal sensitive information like credit card numbers over unsecure connections. Enter the card information requested by the website. The activation website will ask you to enter information related to the card in order to activate it. You may be asked to enter this information in one step or a series of steps. Standard information you may be asked to enter includes: • The number of the new card. This is the sixteen-digit number found on the front of the card. • Your social security number, or its last four digits. • Your account number with the bank or credit institution, if applicable. • The CVV number. This is the three-digit number found on the back of cards issued by Visa and Mastercard. • The zip code of the address associated with the card account. • Your date of birth. Determine if you can activate your card though a personal account. If you have an online account or existing relationship with the institution your card comes from (such as with a bank, credit institution, or retail store), you may be able to activate the card through your account. Check the information mailed to you along with your card to see if this option is available to you. • You may also be able to activate the card on your smartphone or other device via the institution’s mobile banking app, if it has one, and if your credit card is issued by your bank. Check the information mailed to you along with your card to see if this option is listed for you. Visit your account login website. If your card issuer allows you to activate the card through your personal account, use a web browser to go to your account login website. Enter the information you are prompted to (username, account number, password, etc.) in order to access your account. • If you are not sure of the account login website, it should be listed in the information mailed to you along with the credit card. • If you have an existing relationship with the credit card issuer, but do not yet have an online account, follow the directions provided on the website in order to create a username and password and set up your account. • Avoid visiting credit card activation websites when using unsecure internet connections, such as public wi-fi in coffee shops. It is easier for thieves to access and steal sensitive information like credit card numbers over unsecure connections.
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