Reinstall Vista Ultimate - Mainboard Upgrade?

[Steven Hilgendorf]

Season Greetings,

I'm about to upgrade my mainboard (ASUS Formula MAXIMUS), so I will be
completely reinstalling Vista Ultimate on a freshly formated raid array.

Can I copy any Vista registration information from the current system,
or should I just re-register Vista once reinstalled?

Any other recommendations and/or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Steven

 

[John Barnett MVP]

By re-register I assume you actually mean 'activate'? If you are replacing
the motherboard then you will need to re-activate. It is no good attempting
to re-active via the internet because the activation will more than likely
fail. To re-activate you will need to select the telephone (toll free)
number. This is an automated line so if activation is refused again 'don't'
put the phone down. Stay on the line and you will be able to speak to a real
person. Explain what you have done and they will be able to help you
activate.

Even if activation information were available for you to copy to your new
setup, it wouldn't work because the drive number wouldn't match the one in
the activation file.

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[Dustin Harper]

It's easy to just re-activate. You may need to phone Microsoft, though.
It is easy and just takes a few minutes. They shouldn't give you any
trouble, either.

And if you copied the registration information, once the new hardware
was detected, you'd have to reactivate anyway.

 

[Vigilante]

Your screwed dude

Season Greetings,

I'm about to upgrade my mainboard (ASUS Formula MAXIMUS), so I will be
completely reinstalling Vista Ultimate on a freshly formated raid array.

Can I copy any Vista registration information from the current system,
or should I just re-register Vista once reinstalled?

Any other recommendations and/or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Steven

 

[Steven Hilgendorf]

Thank you John and Dustin for the information. Just a follow-up. I
upgraded my mainboard and reinstalled Vista Ultimate clean. I
'activated' Vista by phone, as recommended, and everything seems perfect.

Happy Holidays,

Steven

 

[John Barnett MVP]

I'm glad everything went well for you

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