normal way is to DFU restore to iOS 6,besides if you're installing a beta you're supposed to be registeredif you want to use something then learn how to,the activation process can only happen after you've installed the iOS on the device not before unless changes how the software activates.
yea yea. I AM registered. just like many other people here having the same issue. and I have been stopeed at the itunes install part in previous years because my registration hadn't cleared yet. And so yes i have "learned" how to. I've done this many times. Perhaps this time it acted differently than I have ever experienced. Doesn't mean i don't know how to.