Vista Activation and MSDN Keys

[Shawn B.]

I activated Vista in a VMWare guest OS but I don't have a need for them
anymore because its nearly impossible for me to do what I want to do in a
virtual machine due to various environmental complexities. But I don't want
all the activations to count against my 10 keys, either. Is there a way I
can request those activations be revoked and I can retain my activation
count thereafter?


Thanks,
Shawn

 

[Gary Mount]

You can probably request more keys if you run out. (before your msdn
subscription runs out)

 

[Gary Mount]

From:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa948864.aspx
"Many product keys are only effective for 10 activations. An additional
product key may be requested by calling MSDN customer service.
"

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

They already count and you can't revoke them once used. However, with MSDN
subscriptions all you need to do is call support for additional activations
if you hit the maximum. Keep in mind that these are not for production
environment, but for test environments.

MSDN Support:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/support/default.aspx

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