OEM Produck Key

[john]

Hi, hope someone can help. I just purchased a Toshiba laptop with Vista
Business. It came with recovery discs and a Vista upgrade disc. The Vista
upgrade disc did not come with a product key. I used the upgrade disc to do
a clean install on my desktop to see if my hardware was compatible, etc....
I now have Vista installed on my desktop without having entered a produck
key and I have 30 days to activate the OS.
Obviously, I can't use the OEM produck key that came with laptop to activate
Vista and when I checked the activation area on my Vista desktop it has what
seems to be a generic key that does not resemble the usual 5 grouped produck
key. How can activate and pay for this?

TIA,
john

 

[Mark]

1. Call MS Activation Number... they will redirect you to purchase a valid
key.
2. Use the link under Control Panel for Windows Anytime Upgrade.

 

[Kerry Brown]

If the Vista upgrade disk came from Toshiba then contact them for the
procedure to use it. If it was added as an extra by the seller of the laptop
then contact them.

 

[John Barnes]

You really think that Toshiba (maker of the laptop) is going to support the
installation of their recovery disk on his unknown desktop?

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP]

John

I will look out of the window and tell you when hell freezes over..

You really think that Toshiba (maker of the laptop) is going to support
the installation of their recovery disk on his unknown desktop?

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[John Barnes]

I anxiously await your report.

John

I will look out of the window and tell you when hell freezes over..



--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[john]

John

I will look out of the window and tell you when hell freezes over..



--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

Hell's already frozen over, it went the way of netiquette.

 

[John Barnes]

Netiqutte has you continue the posting sequence of the thread. Bottom
posting is such a waste of time for most who already follow the thread and
don't want to drag thru verbiage they have already seen. Since you have
nothing better to do, feel free to drag my post to the bottom. On
second part I will put it there for you.

Hell's already frozen over, it went the way of netiquette.

Netiqutte has you continue the posting sequence of the thread. Bottom
posting is such a waste of time for most who already follow the thread and
don't want to drag thru verbage they have already seen. Since you have
nothing better to do, feel free to drag my post to the bottom. On
second part I will put it there for you.

 

[Michael Jennings]

Here let us observe a moment of silence for the netiquette newsgroup,
which once was and is no more. Abandonned by all, rest in peace
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.netiquette

Netiqutte has you continue the posting sequence of the thread. Bottom
posting is such a waste of time for most who already follow the thread and
don't want to drag thru verbiage they have already seen. Since you have
nothing better to do, feel free to drag my post to the bottom. On
second part I will put it there for you.



Netiqutte has you continue the posting sequence of the thread. Bottom
posting is such a waste of time for most who already follow the thread and
don't want to drag thru verbage they have already seen. Since you have
nothing better to do, feel free to drag my post to the bottom. On
second part I will put it there for you.

Here let us observe a moment of silence for the netiquette newsgroup,
which once was and is no more. Abandonned by all, rest in peace
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.netiquette

 

[john]

Here let us observe a moment of silence for the netiquette newsgroup,
which once was and is no more. Abandonned by all, rest in peace
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.netiquette

I called Toshiba and the Vista DVD I received along with the Recovery CDs is
for a Windows Anytime Upgrade.
The interesting thing about the Vista DVD is that it seems to function
exactly as a retail version in that I can install any version of Vistal I
choose on another computer, of course, I would have to purchase a product
key.
Finally, rather than risk alienating any member of this group with my
netiquette, or lack of, may I say, I lay prostrate before the gods and beg
for mercy.

 

[Michael Jennings]

I called Toshiba and the Vista DVD I received along with the Recovery CDs is
for a Windows Anytime Upgrade.
The interesting thing about the Vista DVD is that it seems to function
exactly as a retail version in that I can install any version of Vistal I
choose on another computer, of course, I would have to purchase a product
key.
Finally, rather than risk alienating any member of this group with my
netiquette, or lack of, may I say, I lay prostrate before the gods and beg
for mercy.

Netiquette is being invoked to insist that only bottom posting is proper by
Linux evangelists posting here. Since they are disruptive, hidebound and
do go on, using the term "netiquette" to insist that only bottom posting is
correct here, serves only to identify oneself as one of the Martian invaders.
So you hardly need to apologize, but now you know why not to preach it.

 

[Guest]

Netiquette is being invoked to insist that only bottom posting is proper
by
Linux evangelists posting here. Since they are disruptive, hidebound and
do go on, using the term "netiquette" to insist that only bottom posting
is
correct here, serves only to identify oneself as one of the Martian
invaders.
So you hardly need to apologize, but now you know why not to preach it.

Duly noted.

 

[John Barnes]

I hope no one runs over you. Rest in peace.

I called Toshiba and the Vista DVD I received along with the Recovery CDs
is for a Windows Anytime Upgrade.
The interesting thing about the Vista DVD is that it seems to function
exactly as a retail version in that I can install any version of Vistal I
choose on another computer, of course, I would have to purchase a product
key.
Finally, rather than risk alienating any member of this group with my
netiquette, or lack of, may I say, I lay prostrate before the gods and beg
for mercy.

 

[Frank Oz]

I had the same problem and............just put a good crack on it and
working so fine
Some times a shortcut works

 

[Kerry Brown]

You really think that Toshiba (maker of the laptop) is going to support
the installation of their recovery disk on his unknown desktop?

Took me a long time to get back here. I've been busy

As I suspected the OP had an anytime upgrade disk and Toshiba let him know
how it could be used.