Pawel

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

Ian Betts

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"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
>

No much info given but if you had gone on with that warning you would have
been given a free toll number to activate on the telephone.

Jupiter Jones [MVP]

Are you using the Product Key that cam with the install media?
There are different types of each and they are not interchangeable.

Look very closely, S-5, B-8, O-0 and others look alike.
Have someone else try, sometimes another set of eyes and fingers can
get it right.

Otherwise post back more details of exactly what you are doing and
what you are using.

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"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

Spanky daMonkey

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
>

Mage

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
> >
>
>
>

Rick Rogers

Hi Mage,

If it's a brand new laptop and the provided key is not allowed (ie: you
cannot even enter it), call the manufacturer so they can provide you with a
valid one. If you can enter it but get a message about it already being in
use, you need to use the phone activation option.

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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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"Mage" <Mage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B8C60DEC-BB49-4C1C-9933-3F3ADD227312@microsoft.com...
>
> 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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Mage;442462 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?
>
>

Hi Mage,

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

Shawn


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KARPA

YES THAT WAHT MY COMPUTER APPEARS AN D I DON'T NOW WHAT I CAN DO

"Pawel" wrote:

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

KARPA

"Ian Betts" wrote:

> and how can i get da number...
>
> --
> Ian
>
> "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
> >
>
> No much info given but if you had gone on with that warning you would have
> been given a free toll number to activate on the telephone.
>
>
>
>

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KARPA;461321 Wrote:
> 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


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