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Old 01-02-2008   #1 (permalink)
francois


 
 

activation

hi, i had on my former pc a legal activasion code for vista premium , now i
bought a new pc and the other one is gone so i tried to activate it on the
new one but get the message that the number is already in use how can i
change this

awaiting for some info greetz
francois.bloemen@xxxxxx

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Old 01-02-2008   #2 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: activation

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by francois View Post
hi, i had on my former pc a legal activasion code for vista premium , now i
bought a new pc and the other one is gone so i tried to activate it on the
new one but get the message that the number is already in use how can i
change this

awaiting for some info greetz
francois.bloemen@xxxxxx
Hi Francois,

You will just need to do a phone activation to get it to work. Since it was installed on the computer, it was tied to it and thinks it is still being used on it. The phone activation is to let Microsoft know otherwise so they will allow it for the other one.

Activate Vista by Phone

Shawn
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