Johnny

Mage wrote:
> Re-typing will not help. I have re-checked it 10 times and tried at least as
> many times, I am 100% sure it is a legal copy but it still does not accept
> they key for some reason. I have heard rumours that Microsoft has some
> database problems or so which make your product key look invalid even it is
> bought from shop.
>

There should be a button on the activation page that says active over
phone. If you call them, you will be greeted by a friendly indian
telephone rep that will take you key down and offer you a very long one
in return for your trouble.

I have a legal copy of Vista that was given to me by Microsoft as a gift
and I had problems activating it. After I ran it for 3 months I
replaced the firmware on my computer and added 2 new hard disks, 2 more
gigs of RAM and it was prompted to activate again.

I think the activation process is still not fully cooked, but they are
working on it.

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'

Johnny wrote:
> Mage wrote:
>> Re-typing will not help. I have re-checked it 10 times and tried at
>> least as many times, I am 100% sure it is a legal copy but it still
>> does not accept they key for some reason. I have heard rumours that
>> Microsoft has some database problems or so which make your product key
>> look invalid even it is bought from shop.
>>
>
> There should be a button on the activation page that says active over
> phone. If you call them, you will be greeted by a friendly indian
> telephone rep that will take you key down and offer you a very long one
> in return for your trouble.
>
> I have a legal copy of Vista that was given to me by Microsoft as a gift
> and I had problems activating it. After I ran it for 3 months I
> replaced the firmware on my computer and added 2 new hard disks, 2 more
> gigs of RAM and it was prompted to activate again.
>
> I think the activation process is still not fully cooked, but they are
> working on it.

When you call for activation, being an educated consumer is beneficial.
Quoted from the MS website:

http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_facts.mspx

"Mandatory Product Activation Data

* The Installation ID is unique to each product and comprises two
components:

1. Product ID. Unique to the product key used during installation
2. Hardware hash. Non-unique representation of the PC

* The country in which the product is being installed (for Office
XP and Office XP family products only)"

You are never required to provide any other info in order to get
activated. The agent is required to activate you immediately if you
phone in and provide only the product ID, hardware hash, and
occasionally the country in which the product(s) is being installed! It
is none of their business if you made hardware changes, why you are
reinstalling, etc and you do not need to answer questions like that. If
they give you a hard time, politely remind them of this policy posted on
their company's website. If still they persist, request politely to
speak to a supervisor and escalate the issue until they give YOU the
paying customer the treatment you deserve!

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S O S

I have the same problem
and am tired of going in circles

THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO HACK THE GENUINE VISTA CD

S O S means Sick Of Software

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> > YES THAT WAHT MY COMPUTER APPEARS AN D I DON'T NOW WHAT I CAN DO
> >
> > "Pawel" wrote:
>
> Hi KARPA,
>
> You may need to do the Phone Activation. You can look at this tutorial
> for how to do it.
>
> 'http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84...sta-phone.html (Activate Vista
> by Phone)'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84...sta-phone.html)
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
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>

Itsme

AMEN to this statement. I salute you.
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"S O S" wrote:

> I have the same problem
> and am tired of going in circles
>
> THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO HACK THE GENUINE VISTA CD
>
> S O S means Sick Of Software
>
> +
>
>
> > > YES THAT WAHT MY COMPUTER APPEARS AN D I DON'T NOW WHAT I CAN DO
> > >
> > > "Pawel" wrote:
> >
> > Hi KARPA,
> >
> > You may need to do the Phone Activation. You can look at this tutorial
> > for how to do it.
> >
> > 'http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84...sta-phone.html (Activate Vista
> > by Phone)'
> > (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84...sta-phone.html)
> >
> > Shawn
> >
> >
> > --
> > brink
> >
> > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> > WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\")
> > *Please post feedback to help others.*
> >

sophia

"Pawel" wrote:

> The Windows Vista Home Premium product kkey you typed is invalid for
> activation

sophia

"Pawel" wrote:

> The Windows Vista Home Premium product kkey you typed is invalid for
> activation

brink

sophia;494208 Wrote:
> "Pawel" wrote:

Hi Sophia,

You will need to do a phone activation.

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

Shawn


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Johnny

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
If still they persist, request politely to
> speak to a supervisor and escalate the issue until they give YOU the
> paying customer the treatment you deserve!
>

yeah, by business computer is always griping about keys and such. I
bough a Mac a couple months ago and it never asks me about keys.

travis hates vista

I have done the same thing, it was working on my laptop and then i used the
free anytime upgrade that came with my laptop and it worked for months and i
was happy but all of a sudden it is saying that the product key is invalid,
even though it was working.

what should I do beause trying over and over again doesnt help

"Mage" wrote:

>
> Re-typing will not help. I have re-checked it 10 times and tried at least as
> many times, I am 100% sure it is a legal copy but it still does not accept
> they key for some reason. I have heard rumours that Microsoft has some
> database problems or so which make your product key look invalid even it is
> bought from shop.
>
> So, I cannot use the Microsoft online customer care for free since I havent
> activated the OS. Well how can I do that if the system claims my product key
> is invalid?
>
> So what on earth should I do to get this working?
>
> I'm running Windows Vista Home premium.
>
> Is there a contact number where I can solve this problem and if the shop has
> sold me an illegal copy, what can we do to fix it?
>
> It's a bit lame if you buy a brand new laptop with new and shiny Vista and
> all the cherries on top, thinking this is great, now I'm getting all this and
> that working... and then face a situtation, your legal copy claims not to be
> one. All those genuine check stickers and so are ok.
>
> C'mon someone?
>
> "Spanky daMonkey" wrote:
>
> > Well, type it again and see what happens
> >
> > "Pawel" <Pawel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8DD86DE3-15FE-462F-B8D7-5988378973C8@microsoft.com...
> > > The Windows Vista Home Premium product kkey you typed is invalid for
> > > activation
> > >
> >
> >
> >

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travis hates vista;524615 Wrote:
> I have done the same thing, it was working on my laptop and then i used
> the
> free anytime upgrade that came with my laptop and it worked for months
> and i
> was happy but all of a sudden it is saying that the product key is
> invalid,
> even though it was working.
>
> what should I do beause trying over and over again doesnt help
>

Hi Travis,

You will need to do a Phone Activation. This tutorial will show you
how.

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

Also, look at the Microsoft Help links to see if they may apply to you
as well from the tutorial.

Shawn


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