windows vista problem

i recently brought windows vista home basic and earlier this week my
motherboard fried for some reason or another ive had to use a differnt
motherboard and CPU due to the differnt types of sockets seeing as vista is
the only OS i can use i reinstalled it onto my hard drive with the new
hardware and it has told me that its been activated once and cannot be used
again.
any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

You can get started with phone activation by typing "slui.exe 4"
in the search field in the Start Menu and pressing Enter.
The phone activation process takes about 6 minutes.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"Cobby" wrote:

i recently brought windows vista home basic and earlier this week my
motherboard fried for some reason or another ive had to use a differnt
motherboard and CPU due to the differnt types of sockets seeing as vista is
the only OS i can use i reinstalled it onto my hard drive with the new
hardware and it has told me that its been activated once and cannot be used
again.
any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> You can get started with phone activation by typing "slui.exe 4"
> in the search field in the Start Menu and pressing Enter.
> The phone activation process takes about 6 minutes.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch"

I tried the microsoft phone system after inputing the codes that came up on
my screen the system told me the code was "unavalable or invalid"
any other ideas?

Call (866) 234-6020 (U.S.) and explain your issue to a Microsoft support specialist.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"Cobby" wrote:

I tried the microsoft phone system after inputing the codes that came up on
my screen the system told me the code was "unavalable or invalid"
any other ideas?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Call (866) 234-6020 (U.S.) and explain your issue to a Microsoft support specialist.
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User


there might be a slight problem with that as i live in the UK and last i
heard the microsoft spport lines charge upto £40 per call which really dosnt
appeal to me.

Windows Vista can be activated over and over.

Non OEM Vista can be activated over and over on different systems.

The Activation screen should give you ALL the help you need.



"Cobby" <> wrote in message
news:8EDE2918-78E4-4DB3-9BCF-...
>i recently brought windows vista home basic and earlier this week my
> motherboard fried for some reason or another ive had to use a differnt
> motherboard and CPU due to the differnt types of sockets seeing as vista
> is
> the only OS i can use i reinstalled it onto my hard drive with the new
> hardware and it has told me that its been activated once and cannot be
> used
> again.
> any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

If you explain to them the issue they will not charge you for a re activation.

--
Peter

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"Cobby" <> wrote in message news:6BECCD6C-BD80-48D5-AF32-...
>
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Call (866) 234-6020 (U.S.) and explain your issue to a Microsoft support specialist.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows - Shell/User
>
>
> there might be a slight problem with that as i live in the UK and last i
> heard the microsoft spport lines charge upto £40 per call which really dosnt
> appeal to me.

There is a Microsoft in the U.K. that you can ring. No idea if it is
actually in Ireland or wherever but there is one there. Search your UK
yellow pages online.

"Cobby" <> wrote in message
news:6BECCD6C-BD80-48D5-AF32-...
>
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Call (866) 234-6020 (U.S.) and explain your issue to a Microsoft support
>> specialist.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows - Shell/User
>
>
> there might be a slight problem with that as i live in the UK and last i
> heard the microsoft spport lines charge upto £40 per call which really
> dosnt
> appeal to me.

when i looked at the activation screen it gave me the option to buy vista
again or call the microsoft activation line when i rang the activation line
it i followed all the steps as shown on my pc and given via the phone and the
code didnt work.
if i could i would buy vista again but seeing as i saved up my college money
to get vista in the first place and ive just graduated from college i have
little to no money to get it again.

"Xenomorph" wrote:

> Windows Vista can be activated over and over.
>
> Non OEM Vista can be activated over and over on different systems.
>
> The Activation screen should give you ALL the help you need.
>
>
>
> "Cobby" <> wrote in message
> news:8EDE2918-78E4-4DB3-9BCF-...
> >i recently brought windows vista home basic and earlier this week my
> > motherboard fried for some reason or another ive had to use a differnt
> > motherboard and CPU due to the differnt types of sockets seeing as vista
> > is
> > the only OS i can use i reinstalled it onto my hard drive with the new
> > hardware and it has told me that its been activated once and cannot be
> > used
> > again.
> > any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
>

Hi Cobby,

You will probably need to speak to a real person when you call
the activiation line, and explain why you need to reactivate.

-- Larry Maturo

"Cobby" <> wrote in message
news:E2E68329-3DFE-4B21-8398-...
> when i looked at the activation screen it gave me the option to buy vista
> again or call the microsoft activation line when i rang the activation
> line
> it i followed all the steps as shown on my pc and given via the phone and
> the
> code didnt work.
> if i could i would buy vista again but seeing as i saved up my college
> money
> to get vista in the first place and ive just graduated from college i have
> little to no money to get it again.
>
> "Xenomorph" wrote:
>
>> Windows Vista can be activated over and over.
>>
>> Non OEM Vista can be activated over and over on different systems.
>>
>> The Activation screen should give you ALL the help you need.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Cobby" <> wrote in message
>> news:8EDE2918-78E4-4DB3-9BCF-...
>> >i recently brought windows vista home basic and earlier this week my
>> > motherboard fried for some reason or another ive had to use a differnt
>> > motherboard and CPU due to the differnt types of sockets seeing as
>> > vista
>> > is
>> > the only OS i can use i reinstalled it onto my hard drive with the new
>> > hardware and it has told me that its been activated once and cannot be
>> > used
>> > again.
>> > any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
>>