Invalid Vista Product Key

I installed Vista Ultimate over XP Media Center Edition las summer. Just last
week I started getting an invalid key message. I have ## days to activate.
When I click on the activate option nothing happens. Each day I get a popup
box that asks for a key so I enter mine directly from the original package.
It tells me the key has already been registered! I know it has, I did it last
summer! On this exact machine with no hardware changes since! Whats going on?
I have a legal key! When I go to the microsoft website it wants me to pay for
tech support! What should I do? Thanks

You can reset your Windows Vista activation by performing the following:

1. Click on the Start button and in the Start Search box type in: slui.exe 4

2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard.

3. Select your Country.

4. Follow the instructions for phone activation.

5. Once completed, restart your computer.


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Microsoft MVP
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"LuckyBiggs" wrote:

I installed Vista Ultimate over XP Media Center Edition las summer. Just last
week I started getting an invalid key message. I have ## days to activate.
When I click on the activate option nothing happens. Each day I get a popup
box that asks for a key so I enter mine directly from the original package.
It tells me the key has already been registered! I know it has, I did it last
summer! On this exact machine with no hardware changes since! Whats going on?
I have a legal key! When I go to the microsoft website it wants me to pay for
tech support! What should I do? Thanks

LuckyBiggs;641988 Wrote:
> I installed Vista Ultimate over XP Media Center Edition las summer. Just
> last
> week I started getting an invalid key message. I have ## days to
> activate.
> When I click on the activate option nothing happens. Each day I get a
> popup
> box that asks for a key so I enter mine directly from the original
> package.
> It tells me the key has already been registered! I know it has, I did
> it last
> summer! On this exact machine with no hardware changes since! Whats
> going on?
> I have a legal key! When I go to the microsoft website it wants me to
> pay for
> tech support! What should I do? Thanks

Hi LuckyBiggs,

You will just need to do a phone activation. You can see how to in this
tutorial.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84...sta-phone.html

Shawn


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LuckyBiggs wrote:
> I installed Vista Ultimate over XP Media Center Edition las summer. Just last
> week I started getting an invalid key message. I have ## days to activate.
> When I click on the activate option nothing happens. Each day I get a popup
> box that asks for a key so I enter mine directly from the original package.
> It tells me the key has already been registered! I know it has, I did it last
> summer! On this exact machine with no hardware changes since! Whats going on?
> I have a legal key! When I go to the microsoft website it wants me to pay for
> tech support! What should I do? Thanks

Tired of this crap? Check out Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com. It's free, can
be installed on as many computers as you like, can be copied and none of
the WPA/WGA nonsense.

Alias

That's great. Where should I go NOT to hear at all of Linux? I thought
coming here to the MS territory will be enough. I was wrong.
Choosing phone activation works perfectly if the online thing doesn't work.

Regards,
Viktor

"Alias" <> wrote
>
> Tired of this crap? Check out Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com. It's free, can be
> installed on as many computers as you like, can be copied and none of the
> WPA/WGA nonsense.
>
> Alias
>

Viktor Erdélyi wrote:
> That's great.

Glad you like it :-)

> Where should I go NOT to hear at all of Linux?

With its current popularity, that's a difficult task.

> I thought
> coming here to the MS territory will be enough. I was wrong.

Actually, it's both. Vista is terrible and Ubuntu is wonderful.

> Choosing phone activation works perfectly if the online thing doesn't work.
>
> Regards,
> Viktor

If you don't mind being accused of being a thief until you prove
otherwise, I guess so. I consider it an insult and a bother.

Alias
>
> "Alias" <> wrote
>>
>> Tired of this crap? Check out Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com. It's free, can
>> be installed on as many computers as you like, can be copied and none
>> of the WPA/WGA nonsense.
>>
>> Alias
>>
>

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:00:21 +0100, Viktor Erdélyi
<> wrote:

> That's great. Where should I go NOT to hear at all of Linux? I thought
> coming here to the MS territory will be enough. I was wrong.


Trolls are everywhere on Usenet. If you don't want to read their
messages, simply killfile them. That's what I do with Alias and others
of his ilk.


> "Alias" <> wrote
> >
> > Tired of this crap? Check out Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com. It's free, can be
> > installed on as many computers as you like, can be copied and none of the
> > WPA/WGA nonsense.
> >
> > Alias
> >

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Can you tell me how I can do that? I'm using Windows Mail right now.
Thanks.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:00:21 +0100, Viktor Erdélyi
> <> wrote:
>
>> That's great. Where should I go NOT to hear at all of Linux? I thought
>> coming here to the MS territory will be enough. I was wrong.
>
>
> Trolls are everywhere on Usenet. If you don't want to read their
> messages, simply killfile them. That's what I do with Alias and others
> of his ilk.
>

"Viktor Erdélyi" <> wrote in message
news:87EE84C1-8107-447B-9199-...
> Can you tell me how I can do that? I'm using Windows Mail right now.
> Thanks.

Open the post (not the preview window) and right click on the "from" address
then select add sender to blocked senders list



> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:00:21 +0100, Viktor Erdélyi
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> That's great. Where should I go NOT to hear at all of Linux? I thought
>>> coming here to the MS territory will be enough. I was wrong.
>>
>>
>> Trolls are everywhere on Usenet. If you don't want to read their
>> messages, simply killfile them. That's what I do with Alias and others
>> of his ilk.
>>

Got it, thanks!

"Jay" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Viktor Erdélyi" <> wrote in message
> news:87EE84C1-8107-447B-9199-...
>> Can you tell me how I can do that? I'm using Windows Mail right now.
>> Thanks.
>
> Open the post (not the preview window) and right click on the "from"
> address then select add sender to blocked senders list
>
>
>