Activation

[Chris]

Hi
I have been using Vista Home Premium for about 6 months now, no problems.
My PC overheated and I fried my motherboard, processor and ram. I have now
upgraded to a quad core system and reinstalled Vista. Now it's asking me to
activate and when I try I get the error message that my product key is
already in use. I have now got 27 days left to activate and don't know how
to.
Any suggestions.

Thanks

 

[Paul Adare]

I have been using Vista Home Premium for about 6 months now, no problems.
My PC overheated and I fried my motherboard, processor and ram. I have now
upgraded to a quad core system and reinstalled Vista. Now it's asking me to
activate and when I try I get the error message that my product key is
already in use. I have now got 27 days left to activate and don't know how
to.
Any suggestions.

Follow the instructions on the activation screen and call Microsoft.

 

[Dustin Harper]

Go to activate, and select "Activate by Phone". Give Microsoft a call and
they will get you activated in about 5 minutes.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Chris, check this link from my website:

http://vistasupport.mvps.org/product_key_already_in_use.htm


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[AW Barton]

Hi Chris,

Since you changed your motherboard and etc..., Vista thinks you are
trying to install it on another computer. This is why you received this
error message. You will just need to do a phone activation to get your
Vista activated again.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-vista-phone.html

Shawn

Loading a simple web page such as that appears to be beyond the abilities of
Microsoft.