Lost receipt, Code # and manual

Hey,

I was 81 in August and my family gave me Windows Vista as a gift.. I
hesitated a few weeks before I tried to load it.

By then I realized that I don't have the Authorization Code, or the
Manual, or even the receipt from the online Vendor and I can't
remember where I bought it.

Is there any possible hope for me??? I hate to tell my family that I
can't use the disc without the Authorization Code....I'm so
embarrassed!

Help please in getting this thing loaded?

mppg1 AT MSN DOT COM
A million thanks from one desperate soul!

"Mikie" <> wrote in message
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> Hey,
>
> I was 81 in August and my family gave me Windows Vista as a gift.. I
> hesitated a few weeks before I tried to load it.
>
> By then I realized that I don't have the Authorization Code, or the
> Manual, or even the receipt from the online Vendor and I can't
> remember where I bought it.
>
> Is there any possible hope for me??? I hate to tell my family that I
> can't use the disc without the Authorization Code....I'm so
> embarrassed!
>
> Help please in getting this thing loaded?

The Product Key should be fixed to the CD/DVD Jewel case.....

The OP purchased through an online vendor and downloaded it to his drive. No Jewel Case

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"Gordon" <> wrote in message news:...
> "Mikie" <> wrote in message
> news:13653019-9a45-4cae-ae8b-...
>> Hey,
>>
>> I was 81 in August and my family gave me Windows Vista as a gift.. I
>> hesitated a few weeks before I tried to load it.
>>
>> By then I realized that I don't have the Authorization Code, or the
>> Manual, or even the receipt from the online Vendor and I can't
>> remember where I bought it.
>>
>> Is there any possible hope for me??? I hate to tell my family that I
>> can't use the disc without the Authorization Code....I'm so
>> embarrassed!
>>
>> Help please in getting this thing loaded?
>
> The Product Key should be fixed to the CD/DVD Jewel case.....
>

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>The OP purchased through an online vendor and downloaded it to his drive.
>No Jewel Case

And just WHERE in the OP did he say that? NOWHERE. No mention AT ALL of
downloading it. He said he was given it as a gift by his family.

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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The OP purchased through an online vendor and downloaded it to his drive. No
Jewel Case


And where can you DOWNLOAD Vista? Please do tell me.....

>By then I realized that I don't have the Authorization Code, or the
>Manual, or even the receipt from the online Vendor and I can't
>remember where I bought it.

Gordon

The above is where I deducted it from

Also you can PURCHASE Vista on Line from many different vendors like Amazon as an example
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"Gordon" <> wrote in message news:...
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> The OP purchased through an online vendor and downloaded it to his drive. No
> Jewel Case
>
>
> And where can you DOWNLOAD Vista? Please do tell me.....
>

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
news:OhG%...

> Also you can PURCHASE Vista on Line from many different vendors like
> Amazon as an example

Absolutely - but NOT by download. You get a CD/DVD. In a Jewel Case. With a
Product key.

Not quite Gordon. Once you pay at certain sites you can download the software or OS depending on what you purchased. just like Office.
The OP also had the option and I do not know if he took advantage of it to have the CD\DVD also sent.

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"Gordon" <> wrote in message news:...
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:OhG%...
>
>> Also you can PURCHASE Vista on Line from many different vendors like
>> Amazon as an example
>
> Absolutely - but NOT by download. You get a CD/DVD. In a Jewel Case. With a
> Product key.
>

Here is a prime example

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...1425563&sr=1-5

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"Gordon" <> wrote in message news:...
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:OhG%...
>
>> Also you can PURCHASE Vista on Line from many different vendors like
>> Amazon as an example
>
> Absolutely - but NOT by download. You get a CD/DVD. In a Jewel Case. With a
> Product key.
>

Actually Gordon, right here:

By then I realized that I don't have the Authorization Code, or the
Manual, or "even the receipt from the online Vendor" and I can't
remember where I bought it.

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"Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:#TRhv$...
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>The OP purchased through an online vendor and downloaded it to his drive.
>>No Jewel Case
>
> And just WHERE in the OP did he say that? NOWHERE. No mention AT ALL of
> downloading it. He said he was given it as a gift by his family.
>
>
>