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muteboy303
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      09-18-2007
I recently upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate and i am now promted after 28
days to type in my product key which i have done and still i get an error?!
can someone please help?
 
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      09-18-2007
muteboy303 used his keyboard to write :
> I recently upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate and i am now promted
> after 28 days to type in my product key which i have done and still
> i get an error?! can someone please help?


Contact MS, the phone number is given in the activation screen.

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      09-18-2007
Hi,
go to www.microsoft.com/genuine and choose VALIDATE WINDOWS.
Should help.

 
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      09-18-2007

muteboy303;455346 Wrote:
> I recently upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate and i am now promted afte
> 2
> days to type in my product key which i have done and still i get a
> error?
> can someone please help


Hi Muteboy

This tutorial will show you how to do a phone activation

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84...ista-phone.htm

Shaw

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      09-18-2007
Hi muteboy303,

Which product key are you using? You should be using the one that came with
Vista and not the one for XP. Are you using an upgrade version of Vista or
the full version? Both versions will install from scratch but the upgrade
version needs to be reinstalled on top of itself in order for it to be able
to be activated. If this is the case then I suggest that you backup your data
files and use the procedure in the post 'Activation error Home Premium UG
over Win XP Prof', also in this newsgroup, to help you clean install.
Dwarf

"muteboy303" wrote:

> I recently upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate and i am now promted after 28
> days to type in my product key which i have done and still i get an error?!
> can someone please help?

 
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      09-18-2007

Dwarf;455528 Wrote:
> Hi muteboy303
>
> Which product key are you using? You should be using the one that cam
> wit
> Vista and not the one for XP. Are you using an upgrade version of Vist
> o
> the full version? Both versions will install from scratch but th
> upgrad
> version needs to be reinstalled on top of itself in order for it to b
> abl
> to be activated. If this is the case then I suggest that you backu
> your dat
> files and use the procedure in the post 'Activation error Home Premiu
> U
> over Win XP Prof', also in this newsgroup, to help you clean install
> Dwar
>
> "muteboy303" wrote


Hi Muteboy

If this is the case, then this tutorial will show you how to do a clea
install with a Upgrade version of Vista so you can get it activated

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...an-install.htm

Shaw

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