Why am I getting a The product key you typed in already in use for 2008?
This always worked for new machines we setup

If you are talking about Volume License Keys (VLK), then these keys have a
certain finite number of activations.

You can see a number of remaining activations of a VLK by using a tool VAMT
(Volume Activation Management Tool).

"Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> Why am I getting a The product key you typed in already in use for 2008?
> This always worked for new machines we setup
>
>

"Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:uDypzWzLKHA.5060@newsgroup

> Why am I getting a The product key you typed in already in use for 2008?
> This always worked for new machines we setup
>

Do you have a VL copy of Windows 2008, or a retail copy of Windows 2008? If
VL, as Dusko suggested, how many licenses were provided with your agreement?
Has it reached the limit?


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It says

The product key you entered is not supported for use by this ciopy of VAMT.

I have used this key and activated 2008 for a few times. I am not sure how
many times but now I cannot activate any more


"Ace Fekay [MCT]" <aceman@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:OFDw5E3LKHA.3948@newsgroup

> "Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:uDypzWzLKHA.5060@newsgroup

>> Why am I getting a The product key you typed in already in use for 2008?
>> This always worked for new machines we setup
>>

>
> Do you have a VL copy of Windows 2008, or a retail copy of Windows 2008?
> If VL, as Dusko suggested, how many licenses were provided with your
> agreement? Has it reached the limit?
>
>
> --
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum for collaboration benefit
> among responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your
> resolution.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCT, MCTS Exchange, MCSE, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSA Messaging
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
>
> For urgent issues, please contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please check
> http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

"Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> It says
>
> The product key you entered is not supported for use by this ciopy of
> VAMT.
>
> I have used this key and activated 2008 for a few times. I am not sure how
> many times but now I cannot activate any more
>

That message sounds like you tried to use a retail key. However, I
understand you are saying you didn't.

See if this thread helps.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...r=US&sloc=&p=1

Ace

ok I called MS and was able to activate it by phone. But why was it not
working when I tried to

type in slmgr -ato?

I basically have a image that I run sysprep with. After the new machine
boots up, the activation resets itself. So I wanted it to automatically
register itself by putting slmgr.vbs -ato into SetupComplete.cmd in
c:\windows\setup\scripts.

But fails. What do I have to do now? I dont want to call ms for activation
for any new 2008 machine I setup

"Ace Fekay [MCT]" <aceman@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:%23OxXsGLMKHA.1280@newsgroup

> "Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:uWXZ6gKMKHA.4964@newsgroup

>> It says
>>
>> The product key you entered is not supported for use by this ciopy of
>> VAMT.
>>
>> I have used this key and activated 2008 for a few times. I am not sure
>> how many times but now I cannot activate any more
>>

>
> That message sounds like you tried to use a retail key. However, I
> understand you are saying you didn't.
>
> See if this thread helps.
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...r=US&sloc=&p=1
>
> Ace
>
>

You must purchase, or rather subscribe toVL Key and VL Media. If you are
already a VL customer, your VLK and VLM is available on the VL web site.

Sysprep and VAMT only work correctly with volume license media. The same
applies to Office suite. If you want to do admin install of Office, you need
Volume license media and matching keys.


"Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:eO1WoZLMKHA.1452@newsgroup

> ok I called MS and was able to activate it by phone. But why was it not
> working when I tried to
>
> type in slmgr -ato?
>
> I basically have a image that I run sysprep with. After the new machine
> boots up, the activation resets itself. So I wanted it to automatically
> register itself by putting slmgr.vbs -ato into SetupComplete.cmd in
> c:\windows\setup\scripts.
>
> But fails. What do I have to do now? I dont want to call ms for activation
> for any new 2008 machine I setup
>
> "Ace Fekay [MCT]" <aceman@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:%23OxXsGLMKHA.1280@newsgroup

>> "Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
>> news:uWXZ6gKMKHA.4964@newsgroup

>>> It says
>>>
>>> The product key you entered is not supported for use by this ciopy of
>>> VAMT.
>>>
>>> I have used this key and activated 2008 for a few times. I am not sure
>>> how many times but now I cannot activate any more
>>>

>>
>> That message sounds like you tried to use a retail key. However, I
>> understand you are saying you didn't.
>>
>> See if this thread helps.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...r=US&sloc=&p=1
>>
>> Ace
>>
>>

>
>

I am pretty sure we are VL customer. But how do I access it? I signed in
with my .net account and does not work. Do I have to register with my
company domain email address?
"Dusko Savatovic" <savatovic@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:er$XouMMKHA.1280@newsgroup

> You must purchase, or rather subscribe toVL Key and VL Media. If you are
> already a VL customer, your VLK and VLM is available on the VL web site.
>
> Sysprep and VAMT only work correctly with volume license media. The same
> applies to Office suite. If you want to do admin install of Office, you
> need Volume license media and matching keys.
>
>
> "Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:eO1WoZLMKHA.1452@newsgroup

>> ok I called MS and was able to activate it by phone. But why was it not
>> working when I tried to
>>
>> type in slmgr -ato?
>>
>> I basically have a image that I run sysprep with. After the new machine
>> boots up, the activation resets itself. So I wanted it to automatically
>> register itself by putting slmgr.vbs -ato into SetupComplete.cmd in
>> c:\windows\setup\scripts.
>>
>> But fails. What do I have to do now? I dont want to call ms for
>> activation for any new 2008 machine I setup
>>
>> "Ace Fekay [MCT]" <aceman@newsgroup> wrote in message
>> news:%23OxXsGLMKHA.1280@newsgroup

>>> "Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
>>> news:uWXZ6gKMKHA.4964@newsgroup
>>>> It says
>>>>
>>>> The product key you entered is not supported for use by this ciopy of
>>>> VAMT.
>>>>
>>>> I have used this key and activated 2008 for a few times. I am not sure
>>>> how many times but now I cannot activate any more
>>>>
>>>
>>> That message sounds like you tried to use a retail key. However, I
>>> understand you are saying you didn't.
>>>
>>> See if this thread helps.
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...r=US&sloc=&p=1
>>>
>>> Ace
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

"Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:ebNyzvNMKHA.3588@newsgroup

>I am pretty sure we are VL customer. But how do I access it? I signed in
>with my .net account and does not work. Do I have to register with my
>company domain email address?

When you originally purchased the VL license from your channel distributor
(TechData, Ingram, Softmart, etc, and not from a retail store), you should
have got some sort of info regarding the license, and other products that
come with the license. For example, when you purchase Office 2007 VL, you
get a whole list of products that come along with the purchase, including
BCM and a whole copy of Office 2003 Pro.

I'm not sure what site you tried to logon to, but you would have to logon to
the following site to view the info.
https://eopen.microsoft.com

If your credentials don't work, then you would have to contact your
distributor who sold it to you. If in fact you do have a VL license, but
never logged on to download the VL media, and you are trying to do this with
retail media, then I can understand what is going on, and the retail media
activation count has been exhausted (5 I think?). VL keys won't work with
retail, OEM, Technet, MSDN or any other media.

Ace

I only have a Key of 2008 that my manager forwarded to me. Are you saying
that in addtion to just having a key, I need to register this key online and
make it a VL Key? So by default every key without registering is a retail
key? Yes looks like I activated 5 times and stopped working


"Ace Fekay [MCT]" <aceman@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:%23sxMR5NMKHA.5072@newsgroup

> "Joey" <joey@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:ebNyzvNMKHA.3588@newsgroup

>>I am pretty sure we are VL customer. But how do I access it? I signed in
>>with my .net account and does not work. Do I have to register with my
>>company domain email address?

>
> When you originally purchased the VL license from your channel distributor
> (TechData, Ingram, Softmart, etc, and not from a retail store), you should
> have got some sort of info regarding the license, and other products that
> come with the license. For example, when you purchase Office 2007 VL, you
> get a whole list of products that come along with the purchase, including
> BCM and a whole copy of Office 2003 Pro.
>
> I'm not sure what site you tried to logon to, but you would have to logon
> to the following site to view the info.
> https://eopen.microsoft.com
>
> If your credentials don't work, then you would have to contact your
> distributor who sold it to you. If in fact you do have a VL license, but
> never logged on to download the VL media, and you are trying to do this
> with retail media, then I can understand what is going on, and the retail
> media activation count has been exhausted (5 I think?). VL keys won't work
> with retail, OEM, Technet, MSDN or any other media.
>
> Ace
>
>
>
>