Activation problem

[Hareth]

I activated vista 5384 before i installed

now the OS is running & It says I need to activate within 14 days
I tried to activate again but It said the product key was in use

What do I do now?

 

[Ron Miller]

I activated vista 5384 before i installed

now the OS is running & It says I need to activate within 14 days
I tried to activate again but It said the product key was in use

What do I do now?

Are you talking about version 5384 or the public beta, which is 5384.4?

Where did you get your product key?

 

[Hareth]

yes the public beta

i got it from microsoft

Are you talking about version 5384 or the public beta, which is 5384.4?

Where did you get your product key?

 

[Hareth]

OK prob fixed....

yes the public beta

i got it from microsoft

 

[Guest]

I activated vista 5384 before i installed

now the OS is running & It says I need to activate within 14 days
I tried to activate again but It said the product key was in use

What do I do now?

 

[Guest]

OK prob fixed....


HELLO !

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM!
how did you solve this problem?

I also got the key from microsoft, our company is a technet member!
but when I try to activate windows it, just say's that the key is already in
use!!

any ideas ?

 

[Balasubramanian Ramanathan]

Reenter the product key in change key and activate again...it will be
solved..i had the same problem

 

[Guest]

hi,

thanks a lot for your answer.
I installed vista again, but this time I activated before I installed and he
did took the key.
I think it should work now

 

[Guest]

thank you so much.. i couldnt find anywhere to contact microsoft about this

 

[Guest]

hello Hareth ,
Even i'm facing the same problem as u wrote below.
I have installed vista beta 2 build 5384.
Can you help me ?
Thanks
Regards

 

[Guest]

Reenter the product key in change key and activate again...it will be
solved..i had the same problem

I signed up for the public test and downloaded 5384.4 some 2-3 weeks ago.
When I installed this week I used the product key I got with the email from
Microsoft. Everything worked fine (except for a few driver problems) but now
I'm trying to activate and Vista tells me the key is already in use. I tried
entering the same key again as you suggest but that doesn't work either.

Now I find the Preview program is closed already and I don't know how to get
a valid key. Any suggestions what I should do now? You can also PM me if you
wan to carsten (a t) buddybb.com

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Did you ask in the microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
newsgroup? Some activation savvy folks hang out there.

 

[Guest]

I solved problem yesterday by re-registering. I got a key online instantly,
followed by an email very quickly indeed. Email had the key also. Colin