Use Belarc Advisor to get your key.
Also call the activation line if it's saying that it's not activated and
tell them you had issues after the anytime upgrade and they will issue you a
new activation.
You may have to push for it since the people in India don't always pick up
on things uber-fast due to the language issues, but they will issue you a
new activation.
"AP-123" <AP-123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A265B96A-89CA-4996-9247-6C40F4564BFA@microsoft.com...
> News gets better!
>
> Just today I went to windows update and downloaded an "Ultimate Extra",
> something for Bit Locker.
>
> Vista now tells me I need to validate "AGAIN". It will not accept my
> Vista
> Business Key and I've been on the phone for 3 hours with Microsoft,
> Digital
> Locker, Office Depot Anytime Upgrade and now finally Microsoft again...
>
> THANKS MICROSOFT
>
> One person told me it was a know issue, the other say you have to talk
> call
> "someone else"...
>
> "Jeffrey S. Sparks" wrote:
>
>> If your talking about the product key, i read somewhere in this newsgroup
>> of
>> someone having the same problem and someone suggested downloading a
>> program
>> that will retrieve the key and tell you what it is. I'm sorry i don't
>> remember what the name of the program is but if you search for product
>> key
>> in this newsgroup i'm sure you'll find it.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> "AP123" <AP123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C0F6AC4F-DFAE-4679-A52B-A551967D8A7F@microsoft.com...
>> >I upgraded to Ultimate from Vista Business and did not receive a new
>> >serial
>> > number.
>> >
>> > When i need to do a re installation, how will I get back to Vista
>> > Ultimate?
>>