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Welcome to Vista Forums we are your forum to discuss Windows Vista x64 and x86 systems. Whether you need help or just want to post an idea you have on Vista, this is the forum for you.
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| Guest | HI HI , I JUST HAD WINDOWS VISTA INSTALLED AT BEST BUY, THEY PUT IN CODE FOR WINDOWS VISTA I PURCHASED BUT I WAS SEACHING FOR MY VIDEO CARD TYPE AND I BUMPED INTO A PAGE THAT HAD A STATEMENT THAT SAID I HAD TO PUT NEW CODE IN 27 DAYS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T KNOW THE ONE THAT IS THERE? WHAT DO I NEED TO DO OR SHOULD I IGNORE THIS |
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| Administrator | Re: HI It is just telling you that you need to activate Vista within 27 days before you will be in Reduced Functionality Mode. This will show you how to activate Vista. Activate Vista by Phone Shawn |
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| Guest | Re: HI Call Best Buy. It sounds like they neglected to activate the system before returning the computer to you. You may need to complete the activation. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "HELP PLEASE" <HELP PLEASE@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F27A7362-8009-4A03-A3AA-B963FE3D7BF8@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: HI I DID CALL THEM AND THEY SAID TRY UPGRADE, IT DIDN'T WORK. I BOUGHT IT BUT THEY TRYIED INSTALLING AND IT DIDN'T WORK. SO THEY USED A FULL VERSION THEY HAD . AFTER THEY NUKED SYSTEM. I HAD A RECOVERY DISK FOR XP AND I HAVE UPGRADE FOR VISTA( THAT I OWN BECAUSE ITS OPEN )THEY SAID AFTER INSTALLING THEY DIDN'T GET THE WARNING I GOT TODAY . BUT SAID I OWN WHAT GETS OPENED. SO NOW I NEED TO BUY A FULL VERSION? FOR THE CODE. WHT WON'T IT TAKE WINDOWS XP CODE AND UPGRADE CODE(VISTA) I NEED A FULL VERSION . IT WORKS GREAT BUT I ONLY HAVE 27 DAYS LEFT "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
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| Administrator | Re: HI Since you have a Upgrade version of a Vista product key number, start at step 17 in this tutorial. Best Buy did steps 1 to 16 for you. When you finish, activate Vista with your product key number from your Upgrade Vista installation DVD. Clean Install From Upgrade Vista Shawn |
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| Guest | Re: HI HI , I TRIED BUT IT ONLY WENT TO 17, A BOX CAME UP AND SAID I HAD BIOS PROBLEM?( OEM Name: Dell Inc.; OEM Model: MM061 ; BIOS Version: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A08; BIOS Date: 20060728000000.000000+000 ) CAN I DOWNLOAD SOMETHING TO FIX THIS? "Brink" wrote:
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