Help With Vista Activation Key

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AsaHane

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Please help if you can!

I am doing a system reboot back to factory settings on my HP Laptop, which came pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. However, when I type in the product key found on the Vista sticker on underside of my laptop, the system tells me that the key is invalid.

I have rebooted the system before with no problem. I can't imagine what's wrong now. I really don't have the money to buy a new Vista package, and in all honesty that would be a complete waste of money considering I have a perfectly valid version sticking to the bottom of my laptop. I have never bought a copy of Vista, my computer didn't come with a disc for the recovery of the system, I had to make those... if anyone could help, I would certainly appreciate it!
 

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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
The key under your laptop could have worked if you had genuine installation disk, by this i mean the disk that came with your lap. If it's not present then you'll have to install vista without key then activate it later under system properties.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP d530 SFF
    CPU
    Intel p4 3.00ghz, 2.99ghz with Hyperthreading
    Motherboard
    HP d530 SFF
    Memory
    1 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel i865g, 96mb
    Sound Card
    Soundmax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP 1940 TFT monitor
    Screen Resolution
    60hz
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Cavier Blue 320gb IDE HD
    PSU
    Compaq
    Case
    HP compaq
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Techcom USB keyboard
    Mouse
    HP Optical Mouse
    Internet Speed
    256kbs
Hello ,

If you dont have the genuine recovery disk, you better call to HP Customer Care and ask for your recovery disk. If your laptop is under warranty thay will send you the disk at zero cost else they will charge you a minimal for the disk. Once if you get the disk preserve it at safe place, because it is forever for your laptop.

Your OS is OEM, so the activation key only works with that disk and also it is only for your laptop.

Hope this will help you to recover your laptop to factory setting again.

Thanks.

Arvin
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv2519tu pavillion Laptop
    CPU
    1.50 GHz
    Motherboard
    Winstron
    Memory
    2.5 gig RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel onboard
    Sound Card
    Conexant HD Smart Audio HD2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Brightview Display
    Screen Resolution
    1280X800
    Hard Drives
    SATA - 160 + 500 GB
    PSU
    HP
    Case
    HP Laptop
    Cooling
    Air
    Keyboard
    HP Laptop
    Mouse
    HP
    Internet Speed
    4 MB/SEC-Download, 2 MB/SEC-Upload
The advice & suggestions given earlier are excellent.
Please read this tutorial by Brink, this will further explain Product Keys/Activation Codes etc.
All the information you will require, I am sure will be contained therein.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/85023-product-key-number.html
I trust this will be of interest to you.
Thank you.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra)
    Memory
    2.50GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce
    Sound Card
    Realtec ALC888 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" LCD Monitor
    Hard Drives
    160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
    Other Info
    HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
Hes using the recovery partion on the hp....... they don't send discs anymore.... You make them now.

I'm betting you're just unlucky this time.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
@Pantob: What HP saying at there website they are still sending the recovery disk but for those laptop which is in waranty period and which one is made in 2006 or later. please clear my confusion:huh:. So, later onwards i suggest OP accordingly.

Ordering HP Recovery Disk

Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv2519tu pavillion Laptop
    CPU
    1.50 GHz
    Motherboard
    Winstron
    Memory
    2.5 gig RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel onboard
    Sound Card
    Conexant HD Smart Audio HD2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Brightview Display
    Screen Resolution
    1280X800
    Hard Drives
    SATA - 160 + 500 GB
    PSU
    HP
    Case
    HP Laptop
    Cooling
    Air
    Keyboard
    HP Laptop
    Mouse
    HP
    Internet Speed
    4 MB/SEC-Download, 2 MB/SEC-Upload
They'll send it, but as far as i understand the OP's issue, it won't help him.

The key that he has isn't working... infact, i think even my 1st replies wrong....

When reinstalling/restoring the system, he gets to the "Please enter your key" screen, its telling him the keys wrong.

The recovery software/disk won't come weith a new key, its just a disk with the same stuff he's trying to load using f11.

Now to the OP.... really double/triple check you key #, as w and m and such are really easy to mix up.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Patonb said:
They'll send it, but as far as i understand the OP's issue, it won't help him. The key that he has isn't working... infact, i think even my 1st replies wrong.... When reinstalling/restoring the system, he gets to the "Please enter your key" screen, its telling him the keys wrong. The recovery software/disk won't come weith a new key, its just a disk with the same stuff he's trying to load using f11. Now to the OP.... really double/triple check you key #, as w and m and such are really easy to mix up.
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Thank you pantob.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv2519tu pavillion Laptop
    CPU
    1.50 GHz
    Motherboard
    Winstron
    Memory
    2.5 gig RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel onboard
    Sound Card
    Conexant HD Smart Audio HD2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Brightview Display
    Screen Resolution
    1280X800
    Hard Drives
    SATA - 160 + 500 GB
    PSU
    HP
    Case
    HP Laptop
    Cooling
    Air
    Keyboard
    HP Laptop
    Mouse
    HP
    Internet Speed
    4 MB/SEC-Download, 2 MB/SEC-Upload
The key you are having will work as long as it's genuine whether you have restoration disk or not. The only different that restoration disk has is that during re-installation of your system you'll not be prompted for a key since it's encrypted within the cd itself. So if you are using another disk that didn't came with your lap then online activation will work. Make sure you re-install the os version indicated on your quicker, otherwise it will not work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP d530 SFF
    CPU
    Intel p4 3.00ghz, 2.99ghz with Hyperthreading
    Motherboard
    HP d530 SFF
    Memory
    1 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel i865g, 96mb
    Sound Card
    Soundmax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP 1940 TFT monitor
    Screen Resolution
    60hz
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Cavier Blue 320gb IDE HD
    PSU
    Compaq
    Case
    HP compaq
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Techcom USB keyboard
    Mouse
    HP Optical Mouse
    Internet Speed
    256kbs

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
I think its too late Free
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
AsaHane said:
Please help if you can!

I am doing a system reboot back to factory settings on my HP Laptop, which came pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. However, when I type in the product key found on the Vista sticker on underside of my laptop, the system tells me that the key is invalid.

I have rebooted the system before with no problem. I can't imagine what's wrong now. I really don't have the money to buy a new Vista package, and in all honesty that would be a complete waste of money considering I have a perfectly valid version sticking to the bottom of my laptop. I have never bought a copy of Vista, my computer didn't come with a disc for the recovery of the system, I had to make those... if anyone could help, I would certainly appreciate it!
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If you have exhausted the search for a resolution, consider posting to the following forum :

Windows Vista Validation Issues
Windows Vista Validation Issues (Windows Vista) Forum

Perhaps you might want to go over the followings :

1. Activation by phone
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-vista-phone.html

Scroll down to .... How to do a Phone Activation.
Note : If the activation service informs you that it was unsuccessful and cannot help you with activation, thenSTAY ON THE LINE and your call will be transferred to an activation operator who will assist you in activating your copy of Vista.

2. Here is a reply from Keith, Microsoft Support, Moderator, regarding this subject matter.
Date : April 29. 2010

Windows is showing as “Not-Genuine” - Microsoft Answers


3. How to activate Windows Vista
How to activate Windows Vista

 

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