You can get started with phone activation by typing "slui.exe 4"
(w/o the quotes) in the Start Search box in the Start Menu and pressing
Enter.
The phone activation process takes about 6 minutes.
> Jhutchinson2006@gmail.com
"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7C9CF934-0305-4B30-A345-EE1401956F11@microsoft.com...
>I am running the full retail Home Basic upgrade edition of Windows Vista. I
> have already activated Vista, but now suddenly Vista is reporting that I
> have
> three days left to activate or I'm going to be locked out of windows.
> When I
> click the activate now button it reports that the key is already in use,
> which is correct because I have already activated it on this computer. I
> don't understand why this is happening, so any advice would be helpful.
>
> thankyou