What I've learned from this group (havent had to do it personally) is that
in a situation like this, talk to a human being on the activation line.
Explain your situation and you should be reactivated with no problem. Or so
I've heard.
"boceke" <boceke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My old DVD burner broke so i installed a new one. Now vista's saying that
> due
> to hardware changes it needs to re-activate, but that my product key is in
> use... Well yeah, of course it is because i'm using it? Or could this be
> because originally I installed vista-ultimate on my PC 64 bit. Got
> frustrated, reformatted and installed 32 bit and now the 64 bit one is
> using
> my key though i wiped it? I've never had windows need to reactivate just
> cause i swapped out my DVD drive.
>
> What the heck is going on?