No such thing as OEM upgrade. OEM is for new builds only so you can't have
an OEM Upgrade. But who knows M$ already given out wrong keys to users that
purchased Vista Home Premium with their retail version. M$ seems to be such
a damn mess it needs a structural overhaul.. what a mess.
Marvin
"Jonathan Schwartz 2" <JonathanSchwartz2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Mark,
>
> Likely you and Microsoft are each correct...
>
> Perhaps better expressed, exactly how much did you pay for your Vista
> Version?
>
> If the price that you paid is equal to the prices provided by Microsoft
> Sales, you are correct.
>
> If the price you paid is considerably less than the prices provided by
> Microsoft Sales, well, Microsoft is correct.
>
> Are you certain that you do not have retail Vista Upgrade OEM?
>
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> Windows Vista
> Become Part of The Legacy!
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>
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
>> I have Windows Vista 64bit upgrade retail and when I went to use
>> Microsoft chat support, it requires the PID. I choose what country I am
>> in, what version of software and then the product ID. After entering the
>> product ID it says
>>
>> "The product ID number you entered is not supported in the country that
>> you have selected. Enter another product ID number or select a different
>> support option below."
>>
>> Microsoft has told me my product is OEM, pirated, not 64 bit and finally
>> said it was downloaded from Digital River. Microsoft support is such a
>> mess.
>>
>> I see on these groups I am not the only person having this problem but
>> yet MS says it is me or my software. MAYBE someone at MS would look into
>> this issue at a higher lever as opposed to keep pushing me off to a 3rd
>> world country support staff which is useless.
>>
>> I have also ran the WGA tool and used every thing I can find to verify
>> my software as authentic and it passes them all. Does anyone have any
>> idea why this is happening?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>