Hi,
Sounds like you did a clean install without the Product Key? You can't
upgrade from XP Pro to Vista Home, so it's being viewed as a clean
installation. What you should have done was begin from within XP Pro and do
a custom install (upgrade would not have been available) and used your
Product Key at that time. What you need to do now is actually "upgrade" your
Vista Home installation to Vista Home (sounds silly, but this will work).
Boot into the installation, insert your Vista disk and follow the prompts to
upgrade the existing installation. Enter your Product Key when prompted and
follow the upgrade to completion where you will be able to activate your
Product Key.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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www.rickrogers.org
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