Activation Problem

[Guest]

Hi,

I'm getting an Activation Error when I try to activate my Vista Home Premium
upgrade.

I was running XP Pro previously and the installer said I had to do a clean
install (which I had expected after reading
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx)

Everything seemingly went well but I now get the error message "The Software
Licensing Service determined that this specified product key can only be
used for upgrading, not for clean installations."

So I can't do an upgrade and I can't do a clean install!

Has anyone any suggestions that could help?

Thanks,

Si.

 

[AJR]

Phone activation.

 

[Conor]

Phone activation.

How is that going to help? The upgrade path for XP Pro is Business or
Ultimate.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Hi,

I'm getting an Activation Error when I try to activate my Vista Home Premium
upgrade.

I was running XP Pro previously and the installer said I had to do a clean
install (which I had expected after reading
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx)

Everything seemingly went well but I now get the error message "The Software
Licensing Service determined that this specified product key can only be
used for upgrading, not for clean installations."

So I can't do an upgrade and I can't do a clean install!

Has anyone any suggestions that could help?

You should have used the clean install method that is specific for
upgrade media:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932

 

[Simon]

You should have used the clean install method that is specific for
upgrade media:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932

That did the trick - thanks!

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[Gary VanderMolen]

That did the trick - thanks!

Glad it worked out for you. Thanks for the feedback.