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for fairly complex and boring reasons I have had to perform a clean install
rather than the planned upgrade (vista home premium). a problem has arisen
however when i try to authenticate the software - although not that happy to
do so, i would pay the difference between the 2 types of licence but there
does not seem to be that option avaiable. surely this is happening all of the
time and microsoft have a way of upgrading online / by phone?????
 
andy1912 said:
for fairly complex and boring reasons I have had to perform a clean
install
rather than the planned upgrade (vista home premium). a problem has arisen
however when i try to authenticate the software - although not that happy
to
do so, i would pay the difference between the 2 types of licence but there
does not seem to be that option avaiable. surely this is happening all of
the
time and microsoft have a way of upgrading online / by phone?????
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MS has an 800 number you can call for activation or support of Vista if
that's what you're asking about.

I called the number the other day to ask where was the product key. I dialed
1-800-555-1212 and got the number for MS.

Or you can also use Google to get the MS product activation phone number,
which was rather hard to find.
 
Did you purchase a full retail copy or an upgrade? A full retail copy will
both upgrade and clean install, so there is no difference to pay between the
two. In actual fact even an upgrade will do a clean install, through the
back door simply by upgrading first then running setup again and selecting
custom install.

If the software has installed correctly and it is a genuine copy then there
should be no problem with activation. If you can't activate online, which I
find strange, then use the automated telephone option. If that won't
activate the copy then the automated system should put you through to a
'real' person who can guide you through the process. Obviously you will need
to be in front of your pc at the time.


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