Woodishi

The install was an upgrade from XP and yes it is the original. I paid for it
when I bought my new system and received an upgrade coupon.

"AJR" wrote:

> Is the activated Vista the original installation?
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> "Alias" <aka@aka.cl> wrote in message news:f1d7ub$as0$2@aioe.org...
> > Woodishi wrote:
> >> 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?
> >>
> >
> > Yet more proof that MS' "anti piracy" programs do nothing to halt real
> > piracy and only server to inconvenience paying customers.
> >
> > Alias
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