Have you tried talking to a human on the phone when doing the registration?
That's been suggested here a lot when similar problems crop up.
"Jose" <Jose@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is really a bizarre situation. I run Vista Business in a Dell
> Precision
> workstation with a 3.75 mz processor and 4 mb memory. Six months ago, I
> upgraded the original XP to Vista in a perfectly legal transaction
> (although
> I have regretted doing the upgrade ever since). Vista had a series of
> operational problems, the worst of which was to have the taskbar freeze
> every
> time I opened Windows Explorer.
>
> 2 days ago, trying to fix the problem (for the hundredth time) I followed
> the suggestion in a newsgroup to open System Configuration, set it to
> Diagnostic Startup, and reboot. The idea was to see if the taskbar still
> froze while the computer ran in this mode. I did it, and the taskbar did
> not
> freeze.
>
> I shut down the computer for the day. This morning, when I rebooted, I was
> faced with a black screen, a message that said my version of VISTA was not
> genuine and asked if I wanted to register or buy a new license.
>
> I tried to 1) reenter the key, 2) re-register, 3) run VISTA under reduced
> capability, etc. In all cases I got the same message:
> "Windows Activation Error"
> A problem occurred when Windows tried to activate
> Error code 0x8007000D
> The Data is Invalid"
>
> In desperation, I tried to restart in Safe Mode. After several failures I
> managed to make it run in safe mode. I got rid of the antivirus and any
> other
> profgram that could prevent registration and I ran again the System
> Configuration to set it to Normal Startup. And I rebooted.
>
> The system started, but its operation is really flawed:
> 1. There is a message in the lower right corner that says " Windos Vista,
> Build 6000, This copy of Windows is not genuine.
> 2. I cannot print or use Windows Media Player
> 3. Internet explorer is very sluggish and I cannot run anything that
> requires scripts. In fact I could not open this newsgroup and read
> messages.
> 4. I cannot see printers in the network, althought I can access files in
> other computers in the network
> 5. Vista runs much slower than before (which makes my 3.7 mz processor
> feel
> like an ancient 486)
>
> I went through the registration process again. This time it went through,
> but the "not genuine" message still shows on the screen.
>
> I used Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder to view the registration key stored in
> the system It is there and it is correct.
>
> Is there anything else I can do to salvage this Vista installation?
> otherwise I will swallow hard and reinstall Windows XP. Next time, I will
> think very hard before updating any other computer to Vista.
>
> Any help will be appreciated
>
> Jose
>