Choose the option to activate by phone.
The appropriate phone number for your region will be displayed on the
screen.
Usually done in less than 10 minutes.
--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org
"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?