authentication failed

I am trying to instal Beta 2 on a Dell Latitude D610. I've done a clean install (creating a new partition each time) two times, and both times as soon as I log in, I am presented with the Windows Activation screen and given three choices:
1. Buy new Product Key 2. Retype Product Key 3. Activate Windwos online
When I choose options 2 or 3, the machine stalls for about 5 minutes and returns this error:
"Autenication failed with the following error:
0X800705B4"
The first option will bring up I.E. and ask me to buy a license.
-- -- Whatever you do, take care of your shoes.

I am trying to instal Beta 2 on a Dell Latitude D610. I've done a clean install (creating a new partition each time) two times, and both times as soon as I log in, I am presented with the Windows Activation screen and given three choices:
1. Buy new Product Key 2. Retype Product Key 3. Activate Windwos online
When I choose options 2 or 3, the machine stalls for about 5 minutes and returns this error:
"Autenication failed with the following error:
0X800705B4"
The first option will bring up I.E. and ask me to buy a license.
-- -- Whatever you do, take care of your shoes.

Yes,
same here. Must be something with the MS Servers as stated in another post. Will just need to keep trying I guess. Another brilliant one from MS....
Alain.
"Hiland" wrote:

I am trying to instal Beta 2 on a Dell Latitude D610. I've done a clean install (creating a new partition each time) two times, and both times as soon as I log in, I am presented with the Windows Activation screen and given three choices:
1. Buy new Product Key 2. Retype Product Key 3. Activate Windwos online
When I choose options 2 or 3, the machine stalls for about 5 minutes and returns this error:
"Autenication failed with the following error:
0X800705B4"
The first option will bring up I.E. and ask me to buy a license.
-- -- Whatever you do, take care of your shoes.

Same error here. Was working fine right up until my first reboot. Got the LAN working before I rebooted, and surfed the net for a bit. Seems to keep trying to activate online, whether you click that option or not. Can't get it to display the info for phone activation. Pauses, hourglass by cursor, pauses, hourglass by cursor, ad infinitum.
"Alain Deroy" wrote:

Yes,
same here. Must be something with the MS Servers as stated in another post. Will just need to keep trying I guess. Another brilliant one from MS....
Alain.
"Hiland" wrote:
I am trying to instal Beta 2 on a Dell Latitude D610. I've done a clean install (creating a new partition each time) two times, and both times as soon as I log in, I am presented with the Windows Activation screen and given three choices:
1. Buy new Product Key 2. Retype Product Key 3. Activate Windwos online
When I choose options 2 or 3, the machine stalls for about 5 minutes and returns this error:
"Autenication failed with the following error:
0X800705B4"
The first option will bring up I.E. and ask me to buy a license.
-- -- Whatever you do, take care of your shoes.

I have the same identical issue. In my case I installed on a new machine. I then found that the date on the new machine was out, so I booted into bios and turned the clock forward to the correct time and date. Big mistake! Blamo! When I rebooted into Windows next time it demanded that I activate. No big deal I thought - or at least it shouldn't be. But when I try any of the methods it suggests, I either get the above message, or nothing happens at all.
It may or may not be significant - but this happend after an upgrade from XP. But the thing is I needed to do an upgrade as I can't afford to loose my files.
GJ
"Beta Dave" wrote:

Same error here. Was working fine right up until my first reboot. Got the LAN working before I rebooted, and surfed the net for a bit. Seems to keep trying to activate online, whether you click that option or not. Can't get it to display the info for phone activation. Pauses, hourglass by cursor, pauses, hourglass by cursor, ad infinitum.
"Alain Deroy" wrote:
Yes,
same here. Must be something with the MS Servers as stated in another post. Will just need to keep trying I guess. Another brilliant one from MS....
Alain.
"Hiland" wrote:
I am trying to instal Beta 2 on a Dell Latitude D610. I've done a clean install (creating a new partition each time) two times, and both times as soon as I log in, I am presented with the Windows Activation screen and given three choices:
1. Buy new Product Key 2. Retype Product Key 3. Activate Windwos online
When I choose options 2 or 3, the machine stalls for about 5 minutes and returns this error:
"Autenication failed with the following error:
0X800705B4"
The first option will bring up I.E. and ask me to buy a license.
-- -- Whatever you do, take care of your shoes.