Hi Guys,
I know this thread is old and I started it and I have tried all the options to activate my B*****Y Windows 7 and failed...I even called on Microsoft UK Help Line for manually activate the windows and after entering the long number (54 Digit I think) and it says there is an 'Error activating Windows' and hanged up. I thought I tried everything I know or I found on GOOGLE but wait...I found something very interesting which is that I am able to ping Symantec, Yahoo, Google etc etc but not able to ping any 'Microsoft' website like 'www.microsoft.com', www.hotmail.com' as below;
C:\Users\sjunejo>ping www.microsoft.com
Pinging lb1.www.ms.akadns.net [65.55.12.249] with 32 bytes of data
Request timed out.:
Ping statistics for 65.55.12.249:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss),
Control-C
^C
Could this be the hindrance in activating my Windows machine 
Also just wanted to add here that I set up google free DNS '8.8.8.8' with '8.8.4.4' address in my adaptor (IPv4) settings but it didn't work as well.
Your comments and suggested solution will be appreciated,
Thanks
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SJunejo