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Activating Vista on a Newly Upgraded Computer?
Robert Katz robtk...@gmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Thanks Ronnie Here's something I left out. While I still had the machine, I'm willing to buy my own copy of Vista, but will I be able to activate it without installing it? I don't want to wipe out my disk. Thank you, ---Robert.

Help re-activating Vista
If not a phone activation will do it for you. http://www.vistax64. com/tutorials/84488-activate-vista-phone.html Yup, I managed to reactivate fine as it's a volume license key that I'm using afaik. Anyway it reactivated fine, but I'm still a little concerned about what could have happened to have caused that,

Help re-activating Vista
Juan Perez pgju...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hi: If you are using a OEM version of the operating system, you should have no problem. -- Un saludo Juan Perez "Tomtomz" <Tomtomz.31i...@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:Tomtomz.31iog1@no-mx.forums.net... I currently have Vista

Help re-activating Vista
Frank f...@nospaner.cnm microsoft public windows vista general Alias wrote: Actually Alias, it is commonly called spamming and the only thing it does is cast a bad light on the Linux or Ubuntu community. It does more damage than it helps because for every one person that you *might* be able to get to check out Ubuntu

Help re-activating Vista
It appears as if these technologies are not faultless, given how often folks complain they have either "made no hardware changes" or changed hardware to an extent the activation system is documented to consider sub-threshold, and get told they have to activate again. If that is the case, I'd expect MS to be visibly

Help re-activating Vista
I upgraded Windows MCE to Windows Home Premium and I decided to try the trial mode first. Well, today is the last day of my trial and I am trying to activate Vista and I get error code 0xC004F061 when I try to activate and it says the key can only be used for upgrading. Is there a way to get around this?

Help re-activating Vista
cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) cquirken...@nospam.mvps.org microsoft public windows vista general On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:53:18 -0500, Stephan Rose wrote: Actually Alias, it is commonly called spamming and the only thing it does is cast a bad light on the Linux or Ubuntu community. It does more damage than it

Activating Vista
The other day I used the format option to install Vista. I then did an upgrade and entered my key code but I believe the software hasn't been activated even though I chose activate automatically. When I try to activate it it gives me an error saying the code is for upgrade (which I did).

Notified of hardware change within 12 hours of Service Pack 1 ...
Ian Betts igb...@talktalk.net microsoft public windows vista general "Alias" <iamal...@shoesgmail.com.> wrote in message news:OFAHbOR1HHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Bill Yanaire wrote: Don't tell him about the Ubuntu help lines! Um, Ubuntu doesn't have to activated, ever. It doesn't have to pass a "genuine" test

Activating Vista Home Premium
John
Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup The format and install is also a clean install, but the drive is completeley formatted (erased) first Not accurate. Vista does a quick format. Only the indexes areas are formatted.

Activating Vista Enterpise, rebuild then what?
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi Mick, You will just need to do a phone activation. This will show you how. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-vista-phone.html Shawn -- Brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.

Problem Activating Vista Volume license copy
You just need to do a phone activation, not contact support, to let MS know that you formated it on the other computer and installed it on this one now instead. This will show you how so you can get activated again. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-vista-phone.html Shawn -- Brink *There are no dumb

Activating Vista Home Premium
John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup What did you use to make your backup. Many backup programs will allow you to I'm willing to buy my own copy of Vista, but will I be able to activate it without installing it? I don't want to wipe out my disk. Thank you, ---Robert.

activating vista with same computer and different HDD
Richard Urban richardurbanREMOVET...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista general Please use the phone activation method. Stay on the line till a live person pick up. Explain what you have done and they will assist you. Takes 5-6 minutes. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email,

Activating Vista Home Premium
muteboy303 muteboy...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general I recently upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate and i am now promted after 28 days to type in my product key which i have done and still i get an error?! can someone please help?

Activating Vista Home Premium
philo ph...@privacy.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup "John Barnes" <jbar...@email.net> wrote in message news:uWN8P%23kcIHA.4144@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... The format and install is also a clean install, but the drive is completeley formatted (erased) first Not accurate. Vista does a quick format.

re-activating Vista on the same PC
Favian fav...@yahoo.com microsoft public windows vista general Better than trolling messageboards looking for answers to problems, and hoping someone isn't too pretentious to deny you help you or call you a n00b. "Alias" <iamal...@shoesgmail.com.> wrote in message news:OD$02hJ1HHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl.

Having trouble activating Vista from trial, error 0xC004F061
Richard Urban richardurbanREMOVET...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup You made an image of an OEM version of Vista. I'm willing to buy my own copy of Vista, but will I be able to activate it without installing it? I don't want to wipe out my disk. Thank you, ---Robert.

re-activating Vista on the same PC
adkman1956 adkman1...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general I installed a larger HDD on my computer amd now it won't activate. Vista sees it as a new computer. I have had Vista over 90 days and don't want to pay $59. Mobo-Asus P5Ld2 delux Processor- Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz Ram- 2 GB Video-

activating vista with same computer and different HDD
If this is the case then I suggest that you backup your data files and use the procedure in the post 'Activation error Home Premium UG over Win XP Prof', also in this newsgroup, to help you clean install. Dwarf "muteboy303" wrote: Hi Muteboy, If this is the case, then this tutorial will show you how to do a clean