Activation Or Related?
Jan 9, 2008
No this is nothing to do with Piracy and whatnot, my Vista is perfectly legal (and I have the Credit card bill to prove this.). I am on my "1st build" and am currently using the "30 day trial" - the reason for this was that I wanted to be sure that everything ran smoothly before I activated the software, mainly because I was unsure about whether or not x64 would play nice (and I may have had to install x32 instead) It does, and I'm chuffed.
My main Q is, should I activate... and say in 6 months time, I have to do a fresh build , I assume that I will be able to without incident (worst case scenario I have to phone MS, but then I did that with XP and had no problems.) Secondly, should I wish to change Hardware i.e. Graphics card / adding another hard drive (which are about the only two upgrades I'd do to this monster of a machine) after activation, I assume thats allowed ?
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Mar 26, 2008
My laptop came with Vista Home Premium installed. I downloaded a Flash-BIOS update as per advice of my HP Care Centre. After it was done installing my laptop shut off (as I was told it would do). When I turned it back on, I was prompted to enter a Product Activation Key. I entered the Windows Product Key as shown on the sticker on the base of the laptop. The message I received was "The Windows Vista Home Premium product key you typed is invalid for activation" For the record, YES, I am entering the code in properly.
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Sep 17, 2009
Working on a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4617, using Windows Vista Home Premium. It started out with hangtime -- a lot of hangtime. With anything that put a little stress on the system: music, games, movies were all useless to me now. Even web browsing was a chore, with a 15-second hangtime for each web page opened -- sometimes twice (much worse on the graphics-heavy sites). The system was also extremely slow retrieving files on the hard disk. I didn't know what to do for several months until I narrowed the cause down to the Windows Update Error 80070426. Based on advice to other people with similar problems that I found here and other places, I took the following steps: I made sure my copy of Vista was re-authenticated, then I tried installing the updates again. No luck.
The next option was to restore my machine to the factory settings. This could be accomplished rather easily with the system restore disk that came with the computer. Except that during my last move, the wife thought the computer box would make nice storage for drinking glasses, and promptly emptied the contents of the box. That stuff has not been seen or heard from since. Whenever I describe my computer woes to somebody and they ask why I don't just restore it with the backup disk, I just give the wife a hard stare and shake my head a little, saying nothing.
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Mar 23, 2008
I can't do multiple select as well. How could I restore this function? Related to security?
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Nov 9, 2009
I'm hoping this isn't a repeat of an existing thread - I couldn't find any directly-related info. I have an HP Pavillion running Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I thought I had a virus and I ordered the recovery disks from HP. The laptop was working somewhat but sometimes would only run in Safe Mode. The problem seemed to be a failing hard drive. I replaced the hard drive yesterday. The system recognized the drive and the quick test and comprehensive test both passed.
I reinstalled from the recovery CD and it seemed to go through all the steps. At the final self reboot, the screen eventually goes black (lit, but black) with the mouse cursor. I then get a message: Windows could not complete the installation. to install windows on this computer, restart the installation. HP support says it could be the motherboard. Are there any other things I could try before taking in for service? Is there any other way to do a truly 'clean' install?
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Nov 24, 2008
I have windows vista x64 installed. My system is an AMD 64 X2 6000+, ASUS M2A - VM motherboard. I cannot figure out what device is unknown. Can someone give me any ideas what it could be? I've used Driver Detective and it says all of my drivers are up-to-date.
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Apr 11, 2008
I hope I'm posting this in the right section. I have an old version of mavis beacon that I installed on vista and I it worked just fine. But today when I tried to use it, it kept closing. The error is related to the ntdll.dll file. Anyone know why this file would make this keep happen?
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Mavis.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.1
Application Timestamp: 3592b413
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll.....
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Mar 17, 2009
I'm a real fan of spore.Does anyone now of a theme for vista related to spore e.g a full theme,sound pack,cursor pack or anything else.
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Mar 30, 2008
Note If you already have Avast installed, then you can click on Maintenance, Update, and Update Program to update to the new version. You will need to restart the computer afterwards. Avast Free antivirus Download Page Link. Most notable improvements for 5.0.545 version include:
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Most notable improvements for 5.0.548 pre-release version include:.........
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Apr 6, 2008
A Dell Inspiron 1521 running Vista. There are several problems that all seem related but the most obvious one is that I can't update Vista. It is set up to update automatically. However, the "New Updates are Available" Icon appears on the task bar. If I click on it a window comes up and immediately disappears. If I hunt through the help menus until I find a link that says "Click to open Windows Update" the same thing happens: a window opens and immediately shuts. Similarly if I go to the control panel and click Windows Update nothing happens.
If I right click on it and choose Explore a window comes up but it is empty. The Default Programs icon is similarly unresponsive. If I click on the Windows Defender Icon and click on that and say to update, it returns error 0x8007045a. In addition to that, the backup/recovery thing returns errors. And when I try to run Ad-Aware it hangs. All of these failures are related to security
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Sep 11, 2008
For some reason, I have the Aero glass theme enabled on my 64-bit Vista machine, but the theme is only used for a few windows. It seems to be mostly reserved for OS related windows, as opposed to application windows. For instance, even IE7 doesn't show transparency. I find it strange that the Aero glass frame appears to only work partially for me. I would have expected that it would fully work, or not work at all. I'm using Intel's Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 3100, which came with my system.
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Mar 27, 2008
I no longer get this option whiule shutting down. Since, i once did "disk clean-up" and deleted some hibenation related files (i dont know what they were).
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Mar 23, 2008
Does x64 mean an AMD System? I think I got that confused with the 64 bit version of Vista..I tried to google it with no avail..
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Mar 23, 2008
I've been running my legit copy of vista ultimate upgrade for a year,now suddenly after sp1 installed I see a little reference to activation "1 day to activate windows!!!. So I activate and get " The product key you typed is already in use" !!! Well yes - -that's me so what now from the options of use automated phone system- - -contact Microsoft to help resolve problem?? I'm going to get charged for this??
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Apr 11, 2009
I got a problem with a reinstall of Vista 64 Home Premium. A few days ago I tried to manually force activation of Vista, and I was told the key was already in use. I thought it was due to recently reinstalling it so I just let it go. Today it tried to automatically activate and it failed. The error is the same that the key is already being used.
1. I have no other PC's with Vista on.
2. Nobody visited me recently, and I can't think of anyone I know who would steal the key.
3. I never posted my key anywhere online
What can I do in this situation? When I click a support link in the activation window I am being told support cost 540 Dkr which translates to US$80-90 which is almost as much as I paid for my Vista!
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Jul 5, 2008
I install vista home premium in my computer,it is activated,but when i reinstall the windows and activate,it says it already in use and i activated using phone .do i have to active by phone every time i re install?
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Mar 23, 2008
i have just bought a machine from a friend and with it was given windows vista 64 bit. Being paranoid I did a full format and installed everything from scratch using the vista disk and product key supplied.I have the original hologram disk and case and the sticker which i have placed onto my computer case as directed however when i try to activate via
the net i am told that the product is already registered and i need to purchase another licence the software is only installed on one machine what do i need to do.
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Feb 2, 2010
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.
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Aug 10, 2009
I have a 2 month old HP tx2 notebook. It activated fine when first booted. Used it abouy a month and IE crashed with a BSOD, and upon recovery I have a notice on the bottom of the desktop that it says this copy of windows in not genuine. When I reboot it says I must activate. When I try it fails and the only options are new product key or contact HP. I called HP and they said to use the key off the bottom of the computer which does not work. They then want me to do a complete reinstall which is quite unacceptible with all the work it took to get this new machine loaded to work with.
Can i buy a new license and be sure it is going to take. Buying a new copy of home premium unfair but is way better than all the work I would have to do otherwise. The OS is home premium 64 bit. I would not want to install a new copy because of the driver issues (touchsmart), I just want to use the key. When I try to activate I get: Buy new product key online. Try a different product key Contact Hewlett-Packard to help resolve this proble Have tried option 2 and 3 to no avail.
I would try option 1 if I could be assured it would work without loss of data. HP says to reinstall the OS. They told me Microsoft does not support OEM installs. Why not? There is no phone option. when I try to input a new key I get an 0xC004E003 error. Updates work fine and all my software works as well.The desktop background does not work and it has the not genuine at the right bottom corner. There does not seem to be a count down timer either.
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Jan 13, 2009
I recieved my new hard drive in the mail today and so excited I switched out my 250gb for my new 750gb without reformating or anything. So, now I am not sure what to do because it says my activation key is still active from my other hdd. Oh and if it helps I went from 32bit on 250 to 64bit on the 750. I bought Vista Ultimate in 2007, so I have the RTM version of it.
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Jun 9, 2009
I just bought a used tablet PC with vista ultimate on it. I have spent the past 2 days updating and putting all of my software on it but now it says there's some kind activation exploit on it and that it will probably kill the OS pretty soon because this is a no-no. Nowhere in the notice did it tell me I could just buy a new serial number. It also gave me no option for removing the exploit.
I want to buy a legal copy and fix the issue but I don't want to re-install everything. Is this possible? (I closed the message and I don't know how to bring it back so I do not know the name of the exploit). Also- the guy who sold me the computer had at least a dozen other used machines all running Vista. There was no old software on the tablet, so I'm pretty sure he put the OS on the tablet (and the exploit). Should Microsoft be notified? He's in the Seattle area, close to the mothership...
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Jun 2, 2008
I just finished re-installing my full retail version of Vista Home Premium on a different machine and expected activation to fail with a new motherboard and hard drive. But, when I clicked for it to activate expecting to have to phone in for approval since it was on a different machine, it activated automatically. I think this may be related to installing SP1 from a purchased disk from NewEgg and may have confused Windows into thinking it was already activated before SP1 was installed?
I don't think the O.S. is being recognized as valid when I try to download the Media Center Guide. I get a constant error code 13 and can't download the guide. I have been to Windows Update and downloaded a number of post SP1 updates without problem but no go with the Guide. Is there a window site I can go to to make sure my installation is validated? Perhaps after it is properly validated the Guide downloads will work? I installed SP1 from the disk right after the O.S. install without going to Window Update and I think I may have skipped a step where my O.S.
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Nov 15, 2009
I bought Vista Home Premium in Sept,2009.I just reinstalled it on the same machine with Windows seven,I purchased windows 7 from Microsoft, What is the telephone number I can call.I have been up all night trying to repair and install Vista.
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Mar 23, 2008
I bought a upgrade version (Vista Home Premium) yesterday and did a clean install (backup'd files I still needed). Everything is working fine accept for the fact that i can't activate Vista. When i enter my product key it says that this version is meant for upgrade and not for a new install. I found that a bitt odd because I had to clean install. Anyway, now i'm trying to get a new license key and I keep getting this error: Error We are unable to process your order at this time. Please try again later. Error Code: 1067
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Sep 15, 2009
Then upgraded the OS to Windows Vista Home Basic by purchasing the full upgrade of Windows Vista Home Basic with a new COA. Now, the computer loads very slow and they want it back to XP. If ever I uninstall Vista on that computer, and re-install Windows XP can I use the old COA of the computer on that PC?; and Will I be able to use the Vista COA on another PC?
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Mar 31, 2008
Does Vista have a method of verifying activation status when activation has been transfered to another computer? I recently built a new system and activated my Retail Vista License on that machine. Interestingly, the "old" machine no longer will finish booting it "hangs" shortly after starting and a network connection never occurs. Is there some "deactivation" scheme to prevent a user from running more than one copy of the program?
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May 6, 2008
I am not sure if I have been scammed by the seller of my computer or if I have some other issues that are causing my validation to be required. In one place it says that I may be a victim of software counterfeiting. When I chose to go online and resolve it will not validate. In the other place it says to activate windows now. I purchased the computer in November 2007 and haven't had any problems until this month. Is it a coincedence that it has been 6 months? Today is my last day to activate and would like to know the best steps to take to resolve this issue.
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May 29, 2008
When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't exist). So I'm unable to activate my Windows Vista. This may result in problems within 3 days.
My vista license is a MS-KISS license.
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May 26, 2008
I've been running Windows Vista Ultimate that I activated long before and was running perfectly! But today, I downloaded the vista SP1 and I see on the system property that I need to activate windows within 15 days! I tried to activate it and I have a message showing: " a probem occured when windows tried to activate. Error code 0xC004E003."
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Mar 23, 2008
I have a new Vista home premium (fullversion) but when i install for the first time it say that my vista license is already in use? i have purchase it for many month ago,but not install it before now,somebody have likely stolen the key!? is there anything i can do??can microsoft somehow delete my Windows Vista activation (or my Product key?) can i somehowe prove that i own a fullversion?? some other number maybe on the box?
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Mar 25, 2008
I am wondering if there is any possible way of retrieving the activation code, currently in the process of creating a Vista Home Basic DVD with SP1 intergrated into it, currently have same activated and legit on system. I relise that you can call or even activate it over the internet, but this is anoying everytime I install a fresh copy of the OS. I am creating my own personal edition of vista that contains SP1 and Programs I enjoy using.
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