Vist activation key

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Jonathan Crawford

Hi

I have a Vista machine I bought from Evesham a couple ago years ago.
They have since gone bust. My Jack Russell, when he was a puppy used to
sit on the top of the pc and one day chewed off the activation code.

I had to reinstall vista from the disk supplied by evesham last month
and it is now asking for the activation code. I was wondering if there
is anyway i can get hold of this.

Kind regards

jc
 
The link posted will not help as its an oem version, MS does not support oem
versions.
You are basically screwed, you should have used a key finder before you
reinstalled
 
DL said:
The link posted will not help as its an oem version, MS does not support
oem versions.
You are basically screwed, you should have used a key finder before you
reinstalled
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DL, I think you may be wrong on this one. MS will support some OEM systems
if the OEM is no longer in business as the link that Rick gave states about
1/2 way down the page. The OP said that the company is not in business any
longer.
 
That's a good one: "My Dog ate my Product Key".

I suggest you contact the computer supplier you purchased from - since they
supply the OEM Windows disk/product key; you will need your receipt/proof of
purchase handy.

Perhaps you can get another OEM copy (with new key) - for a nominal charge
fee I would assume and not perhaps without a hardware purchase because OEM
Windows should only be supplier with a new computer (usually) or other
significant hardware purchase (motherboard / processor, hard drive etc).
 
I missed the part about the company going under.

I suppose you can purchase another OEM copy from any supplier - along with a
hardware purchase as mentioned below, unless MS can help, I don't know.

In Australia, OEM Windows is usually only supplied with New PC's - in the US
or elsewhere this might be different.
 
Hi

I did manage to get a key of MS. The phone experience was horrendous and
took
about 20 minutes or so as I went from automated menu to menu. Eventually I
had to
let a dalek demand that I enter the hash key and the activation number half
a dozen
tinmes before transferring me to someone in India. There a couple of people
sorted it out
very quickly before suggesting I have a "brillaint day" which to be honest
I am not expecting to come true.
All they needed was the OEM code on the recovery disk

Thanks for help

jc
 
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