# Re: Ruby and Windows Vista

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-and-windows-vista/63198>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 13, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-and-windows-vista/63198 "2006-06-13T04:53:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Barry\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@Barry\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Barry_B)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-and-windows-vista/63198/1 "2006-06-13T04:53:42Z")

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I got Ruby on Rails running successfully on Vista Beta 2 a few weeks  
ago. (I had no luck with Beta 1.) Recently my copy of Vista Beta 2 is  
telling me that the activation (online with Microsoft) isn’t working, so  
now I can’t even start up Vista let alone run Ruby on Vista.