vista ultimate 64

i have used vista since release today it has said due to a hardware
change i have 2 days to resctivate.... it will not reactivate andd says
buy another license, i try to go to support but is does not regognise the
product ID that the computer has. i try to put the product key in
again,, but says this product key in use. i not made any hard ware changes
bar extra memeory a couple of months ago. any body provide help on this?

"ukguy" <> wrote in message
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> i have used vista since release today it has said due to a hardware
> change i have 2 days to resctivate.... it will not reactivate andd
> says
> buy another license, i try to go to support but is does not regognise
> the
> product ID that the computer has. i try to put the product key in
> again,, but says this product key in use. i not made any hard ware
> changes
> bar extra memeory a couple of months ago. any body provide help on this?

You should be able to reactivate by calling Microsoft directly.

Tom Lake

Just use the phone activation option and explain the situation and you
should be back up and running in no time.

'Activate Vista by Phone'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84...sta-phone.html)
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Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry

"ukguy" <> wrote in message
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>i have used vista since release today it has said due to a hardware
> change i have 2 days to resctivate.... it will not reactivate andd
> says
> buy another license, i try to go to support but is does not regognise
> the
> product ID that the computer has. i try to put the product key in
> again,, but says this product key in use. i not made any hard ware
> changes
> bar extra memeory a couple of months ago. any body provide help on this?

Take a look at this link from my website:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/product...ady_in_use.htm

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Windows - Shell/User

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"ukguy" <> wrote in message
news:4F8197ED-3490-43F2-A850-...
>i have used vista since release today it has said due to a hardware
> change i have 2 days to resctivate.... it will not reactivate andd
> says
> buy another license, i try to go to support but is does not regognise
> the
> product ID that the computer has. i try to put the product key in
> again,, but says this product key in use. i not made any hard ware
> changes
> bar extra memeory a couple of months ago. any body provide help on this?