Activation problem

I upgraded my pc from XP to Vista Home Premium months ago. I had activated
it. Now, some update ran, and it's asking me again to activate. The code on
my Vista disk won't work (already in use....yeah, of course. It's supposed
to be!) I have no other code to type in, and retyping this one just gets me
the same error message. There is no way I am re-buying a product key that I
already have!

Choose the option to activate by phone.
Call Microsoft at the displayed number for your region, normally done
in less than 10 minutes.
No need to buy anything.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Po_dog" <Po_dog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7BA0E726-833E-40F4-8215-1AB074DFC733@microsoft.com...
>I upgraded my pc from XP to Vista Home Premium months ago. I had
>activated
> it. Now, some update ran, and it's asking me again to activate.
> The code on
> my Vista disk won't work (already in use....yeah, of course. It's
> supposed
> to be!) I have no other code to type in, and retyping this one just
> gets me
> the same error message. There is no way I am re-buying a product
> key that I
> already have!

8 minutes. Not bad. still a pain, but not bad. Thanks for your help!

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Choose the option to activate by phone.
> Call Microsoft at the displayed number for your region, normally done
> in less than 10 minutes.
> No need to buy anything.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "Po_dog" <Po_dog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7BA0E726-833E-40F4-8215-1AB074DFC733@microsoft.com...
> >I upgraded my pc from XP to Vista Home Premium months ago. I had
> >activated
> > it. Now, some update ran, and it's asking me again to activate.
> > The code on
> > my Vista disk won't work (already in use....yeah, of course. It's
> > supposed
> > to be!) I have no other code to type in, and retyping this one just
> > gets me
> > the same error message. There is no way I am re-buying a product
> > key that I
> > already have!
>
>

'Activate Vista by Phone'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84...sta-phone.html)
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Po_dog" <Po_dog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7BA0E726-833E-40F4-8215-1AB074DFC733@microsoft.com...
>I upgraded my pc from XP to Vista Home Premium months ago. I had activated
> it. Now, some update ran, and it's asking me again to activate. The code
> on
> my Vista disk won't work (already in use....yeah, of course. It's
> supposed
> to be!) I have no other code to type in, and retyping this one just gets
> me
> the same error message. There is no way I am re-buying a product key
> that I
> already have!