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01-21-2008

Try activating by telephone:

Take a look at the following tutorial:

Quote:

> > > 'Activate Vista by Phone'

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Andre
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> I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question but I don't know
> where else to go. I recently installed a new hard drive (WD Raptor X 150gb
> 10k rpm). After I did this I formatted my old hard drive and installed
> Windows Vista onto the new one. Now Vista won't activate because it says
> my
> key is already in use and the key won't work to get me free tech support.
> There has to be some way to remedy this without paying for $60 of tech
> support or buying a new key. Any ideas?

01-21-2008	#2 (permalink)
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] n/a posts	Re: Can't activate after hardware upgrade- No tech support Try activating by telephone: Take a look at the following tutorial: Quote: Quote: Quote: > > > 'Activate Vista by Phone' > (Activate Vista by Phone) -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Stephen" <Stephen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:382C2D80-D74C-4850-B20A-CB471E192F88@xxxxxx Quote: > I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question but I don't know > where else to go. I recently installed a new hard drive (WD Raptor X 150gb > 10k rpm). After I did this I formatted my old hard drive and installed > Windows Vista onto the new one. Now Vista won't activate because it says > my > key is already in use and the key won't work to get me free tech support. > There has to be some way to remedy this without paying for $60 of tech > support or buying a new key. Any ideas?
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