Activation Error

[Ricci Hammond]

When I try to activate vista b2, it fails with this error:

"the data is invalid"

Anyone know what might be causing it and how I fix it ?

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Could be a leaked copy - where did you get your copy of Vista from?

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[Ricci Hammond]

MSDN :-/

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

If you are installing from Daemon Tools it could be the cause, as soon as
you are installing DAEMON ISO-Mounter 3.02 -> the machine will
turn to 'not activated' and no longer will be able to get activated. So, try
uninstalling Daemon Tools and see if activation works then,
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[Ricci Hammond]

I don't have daemon tools installed.

This was an upgrade installation from XPSP2, I have uninstalled any virtual
cd apps in case that causes the same issue as daemon tools but still I get
the error..

I tried activation over the phone, but when asked for the long installation
id all I have displayed is:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

which is probably why it fails..

I have 1 day left to activate so guess I am gonna have to do a clean install
:-(

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Yeh that sounds like the best thing to do - yikes ( Sorry we couldn't
help.

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