Pop Up: Need To Activate Windows And Change Cd Key
Mar 20, 2009
I am running two computers, both with vista ultimate. I installed/finished the 32 bit version just last week, and now i keep getting a pop up telling me I need to activate windows and change my cd key. I originally bought ultimate a year ago. how ever I do not want to go out and spend another 300$. the windows website tells me I can buy another key ( I assume for less) but everytime I plug in my CD key, I am told that the copy of windows i have is a server copy.
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Mar 23, 2008
Alright I bought a Toshiba Satellite A100/A105 Laptop. Well when I bought it, I tryed to get Windows onto my Laptop and did. But then I had to Defrag my whole Computer and the little sticker that was on the bottom of my Laptop with the Windows Info came off and then my Mother cleaned my room and she threw away the sticker. So I could not Activate windows.
1. is there a way to Activate windows without the Product Key? I have the Receipt when I bought the Laptop, and the box it came in and all the papers as well.
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2. Get a new Product key without spending another $100 USD For Windows Again.
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Jun 7, 2008
how to activate Windows Defender? I have tried all the assistance listed in this group and still cannot get Defender to work! One piece of advice was to log on to the C prompt as system administrator? I tried to right click on the prompt but there is nothing on the drop down menu that allows me to do this.
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Mar 26, 2008
Well when I bought it, I tryed to get Windows onto my Laptop and did. But then I had to Defrag my whole Computer and the little sticker that was on the bottom of my Laptop with the Windows Info came off and then my Mother cleaned my room and she threw away the sticker. So I could not Activate windows. Now my 30 days are almost up and my Questions are....
1. is there a way to Activate windows without the Product Key? I have the Receipt when I bought the Laptop, and the box it came in and all the papers as well.
or
2. Get a new Product key without spending another $100 USD For Windows Again.
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Feb 15, 2009
I recently formatted my hard drive so I could set up a RAID array. Windows Vista is now asking me to activate it again, but it wont accept my product key because it says it is an upgrade edition. I already upgraded from Windows XP to Windows Vista, I don't know why it wont accept the key. Is there anything I can do?
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Jan 24, 2008
I had a fresh new harddrive and I installed Full version of Vista onto it. However I only had the key for an upgrade from XP. Now its asking for a Key and I cant afford a key for the full version. Is it possible to somehow just activate it by calling microsoft or something? I have XP...Well actually 2000, upgraded to XP...So I really couldnt be bothered with installing 2000 again, and then XP, and then vista.
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Jan 26, 2009
I've got a new Dell laptop that came with bundled McCaffrie (sp?) AV and firewall. I want to install NOD32, and it's my understanding that I have to unistall the existing AV first. do I activate the new firewall (Windows) before or after I install NOD32? I am obviously new and clueless to computers and security issues.
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Mar 23, 2008
I have Windows Vista Ultimate. Every time I turn on my computer, little pop up windows tell me to set a password as a way to activate Parental Controls. HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user account. And I do not want to give a password to myself? How can I stop these annoying pop up windows from popping up EVERY time I turn on my computer?
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Oct 15, 2009
hoping some of you technical wizards can help me on this! Right i have Vista 32bit running on my Acer, Had it about 1 year now. Every so often it performs crash dumps ( a little more often then it should do actually) Last friday night it did a crash dump, then when restarting it just wouldnt....It kept showing a blank screen for about 30 minutes. then it would go to Windows Start-up repair, and just go on and on for about another 30 minutes, then tell me it couldnt find anything wrong.
I tried Loading in safe mode, with command prompt and networking help but it judt did exactly the same. I ran the memory diagnostic and found no problems. So then i restored the system to before a Windows update on the same day this all happened. Exactly the same kept happening, Some times i would get as far as logging on after about an hour of waiting. It would Log on and then just freeze. I restored to a few days before last friday and tried again, exactly the same kept happening. Then this morning it got to the log on screen. i tried logging on and it said something along the lines of 'Windows has failed to Activate. error code0x80070426' I havent got any back-ups on disk (stupid i know, i was actually going to do one before this happened) I havent got the operating system disk as the computer came pre-installed with Vista and had no Disk. I know i could probably restore the system to factory setting somehow, but i dont want to lose verything on there! There must be something i can do.
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Jun 23, 2009
I read something on another forum about if you are using x86 and want to upgrade to x64 you can use the same key to activate both . Any truth in that at all ? I have OEM and not boxed retail.
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Jun 14, 2009
i have Windows Vista Ultimate. I activated it once. Now i am going to buy a new PC and i want to activate my Vista on this new PC. Is it possible, or i have to buy a new Vista for that?
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Mar 23, 2008
the cmd-comment 'net send 'doesn't exist in windows vista. I only can choose these funcions when I use 'net'+command: -net accounts, net computer, net config, net continue, net file, net group, net help, net helpmsg, net localgroup, net pause, net print, net session, net share, net start, net statistics, net stop, net time, net use, net user and net view. how to activate net send? (and I don't need anything like windows live messenger, only net send (or the new name, if the name just had changed)
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Apr 10, 2008
I have two computers and have just installed Vista Business DVD, the first computer Activated OK but the other one was refused. How can I Activate both using the same O.S. and bearing in mind they are at the same address.
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Mar 2, 2009
I have a license of vista business and dvd media is for 32 bits. I used this version on my old machine Microsoft send me now a 64 bits version for my new machine but when i try to activate license it shows me that it is in use. How do i can activate again ?
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Sep 3, 2009
I have one situation I cant seem to figure out. Ive followed all the steps for activating the hidden admin account on vista by going into the admin command prompt and putting in the command and then logging off, but when i log off, its still just my account on there..when i go under the list of user accounts it says mine and then one "unknown". Any ideas on how I can really activate the account?
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Mar 26, 2008
I had to reinstall Vista due to malware that I could not get off my computer. I could not do a repair, and now Vista is new on my system. The problem is that I now cannot activate it, and I get a notice that says that I need to enter a new number. I do not think that I need to, but I don't know how to reactivate. I called Microsoft, but the person (honestly) hung up on me.
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May 4, 2008
where to go to activate vista?
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Jul 29, 2009
How many times can I install and activate Windows Vista on the *same* PC?
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Jul 6, 2008
Never Re-Activate After Installation. if you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first time. It is located in the WINDOWSsystem32 folder. Now if you reinstall Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again.
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Apr 20, 2009
Called bethesda tech support and they say it is a vista problem. My system specs are,
Manufacturer: Gateway
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9600 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 4 gig CRUCIAL DDR2 PC2-6400
Hard Drive: 488 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor: 22" Widescreen HD Monitor
Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio
Speakers: Logitec 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speakers
Headset: Creative Fatality
Keyboard: Logitec G15 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitec G9 Gaming Mouse
Mouse Surface: Cheap One
Operating System: Windows Vista� Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.070627
I found a problem with people having the console come up off screen but mine just isnt coming up at all.
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Mar 23, 2008
I was using my purchased Vista Ultimate just fine on my first PC. But I just upgraded the motherboard and pretty much everything else. Now it's a new PC. So I took my Vista install CD, installed it on my new machine. Now I can't activate it. It won't let me saying it's already been activated. I recall someone told me that Vista activation is tied to the initial hardware you install it on. Is this really the case? If so, there has to be a resolution to this as Microsoft can't be that stupid to restrict you like this. I mean how am I supposed to upgrade my fing PC!? What do I do? I don't want to spend $60 on a support ticket. I tried to put in my PID which also now it's saying has expired!
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Sep 2, 2008
So I just upgraded from Windows XP to Vista x64. Since I got the retail packaged upgrade, I have both the x64 and x32 DVDs. I think I know the answer already, but, I take it that licensing would not allow me to activate both the x32 and x64 versions on the same PC, or seperate PCs for that matter?
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Mar 26, 2008
I was using my purchased Vista Ultimate just fine on my first PC. But I just upgraded the motherboard and pretty much everything else. Now it's a new PC.
So I took my Vista install CD, installed it on my new machine. Now I can't activate it. It won't let me saying it's already been activated.
I recall someone told me that Vista activation is tied to the initial hardware you install it on. Is this really the case? If so, there has to be a resolution to this as Microsoft can't be that stupid to restrict you like this. I mean how am I supposed to upgrade my fing PC!?
What do I do? I don't want to spend $60 on a support ticket. I tried to put in my PID which also now it's saying has expired!
Any help would be appreciated in terms of getting around this or how to contact Microsoft to get this crap resolved for my home PC.
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Aug 25, 2007
WARNING!! Vista Windows Genuine Activation (WGA) Problems: Genuine Microsoft Software Advantage. There is a problem with Microsoft's WGA servers and they are not allowing Vista to be activated as Genuine.
Do not do anything that would require you to reactivate or validate Vista. EX: Windows Updates, Hot Fixes, Activation, etc. Wait a week before trying again to give Microsoft a chance to sort through the problem. If you do not, you will be left with a Vista that is considered not Genuine. If your 30 day trial period is almost up, or you are already in Reduced Functionality Mode, then see: - Read Tutorial
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Jun 14, 2009
When I enter my product key to re-activate (required by MS) my 2 year old zista ultimate, I get an error message stating that "The maximum number of secrets that may be stored in a single system has been exceeded". Is there a why to reset these 'so called' secrets?
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Aug 23, 2009
i have a new laptop x64. i click on the mail icon on the toolbar & get nothing. Does anyone know how to activate it?
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Nov 27, 2009
the screensaver wont activate in vista basic on dell vostro laptop it was working before,it should come on after 5 min, have tried all the screen savers and as soon as i try to preview them they go on for a second and then go off i dont have any wireless devices connected i did have a keyboard and mouse but uninstalled them and went back to the usb wired ones ive tried getting the screen savers to work by leaving on the 'Microsoft HID Non-User Input Data Filter update' and turning it off (it uninstalled when i got rid of mouse and keyboard, i tried disabling the touchpad, i disabled the hid thing in services msc, i also tried just using the turn off display in power options but that doesnt work either, i even tried reenabling everything in windows features, and i tried rolling back the graphics card driver,but none of these things work i am totally at a loss because the screen just stays on so i have to just shut down and restart the pc everytime i want to use it and this always brings up problems with modem and so on i also read somewhere that Dell Media Experience, Power DVD and ehtray.exe cause problems but i have none of these running at startup.
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Mar 23, 2008
Screen Saver won't activate.
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Jul 3, 2008
Last night I installed the service pack 1 for Vista in my laptop (Compaq Presario V3617LA) and it deactivated the energy bar for the battery. how to make it appear again in the task bar?
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Jun 28, 2009
I have a wireless network in my home. I just purchased a Sony laptop with Vista Home business installed. When I try to get in Internet Explorer, many times I am unable. My network security key seems to always default to another code and I have to retype mine in in order to get on the internet. What can I do to have my key code be permanent?
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Feb 25, 2006
first enable the"Run" button in the start menu in the "Taskbar Properties" here's a work around to Activate Vista Build 5219,5231,5270,5308,(or earlier)and later maybe.. Start > Run > msconfig > Permit Folder "Services" uncheck the "Software Licensing Service" uncheck the "SL UI Notification Service" Apply Close Restart Your machine will then tell you, this machine is unlicensed.
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