Buy a OEM version.
Ultimate is around $199.
or
Call customer support,
Tell them you had to reload and need to reactivate.
I have reloaded my PC 3 or 4 times and I had to call on each reload.
I did a lot of experimenting with old apps at 1st to figure
out how to get them to function properly.
"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> No, there is no method to deactivate an installation.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "mghinlove" <mghinlove@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Is there any way to deactive it ?
>>
>> "ahoypatty" wrote:
>>
>>> What was the answer? Can you put it on your own laptop
>>>
>>> "Jc" wrote:
>>>
>>> > ok so i bought windows Vista ultimate and put it on my desktop so i
>>> > liked it
>>> > so i put it on my laptop thinking i could use the same product key on
>>> > my
>>> > laptop and vista is 4xx.xx bucks then after a little it ask to active
>>> > it then
>>> > it say its being used so i call them up and they want me to pay for a
>>> > new one
>>> > you cant use vista on more then one computer if u already bought it?
>>> >
>