Vista Pre RC1 Key not needed

[Daniel Vélez]

Hi,
I installed Vista Pre RC1 in a VMWare virtual machine. Altough it ask me
for the key, I left it blank and finished the installation and it's working
without issues. I don't have a beta 2 key, so I want to be sure it's no
needed when I installed in my personal PC. Has anyone installed it without
any key number? How it works? Does it needs activation?

Thanks,
Danny

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Danny;
Activation is required if Vista is to run more than 14 days.
Since you did not insert a key, you can not activate and it is done after 14
days.

 

[Daniel Vélez]

Thanks for the info...

Danny

Danny;
Activation is required if Vista is to run more than 14 days.
Since you did not insert a key, you can not activate and it is done after
14 days.

 

[Guest]

Hi Danny and jupiter Jones!
Please tell me how to get key product and activate key. I can find it on
this site.
Thanks
Hiep

 

[Guest]

I'm curious about this answer too because I installed Vista without the
Product Key so I'd be presented with a choice of installations (eg,
Business). I needed a smaller install given some space constraints. I now
need to insert the Product Key, which I have, in order to activate Vista. Any
suggestions? Many thanks...

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

The Product Key you have is probably for Ultimate and will not work with
Business.
You will need to install Ultimate to use your key.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Sign up for the Vista download:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx
It does not matter you already have Vista.

The last step will give you the Product Key which should work on this build.

Start/Help and Support
For information about activating.
You should be able to enter your Product Key.


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