Recovering from reduced functionality mode

I had an issue where my Vista install wouldn't activate due to a key issue.
It then expired and went into reduced mode before I could resolve the issue.
My Vista install is now activated and validated, but my start menu is still
gone and all the settings I had before are gone... any ideas on how to
recover my settings?

Hi Woodishi--

If you have resolved the issue, call MSFT amd ask for actifvation and get
them to generate a PK that works.

CH

"Woodishi" <Woodishi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A4358ACC-40BE-48E8-A49A-E7A10E6271EE@microsoft.com...
>I had an issue where my Vista install wouldn't activate due to a key issue.
> It then expired and went into reduced mode before I could resolve the
> issue.
> My Vista install is now activated and validated, but my start menu is
> still
> gone and all the settings I had before are gone... any ideas on how to
> recover my settings?
>
>