HI

01-23-2008

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

**Brink** · 01-23-2008

	Quote:	HELP PLEASE
	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

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

01-23-2008

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

	Quote:
	> 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

01-23-2008

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:

Quote:

> 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

	Quote:
	> > 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

>

**Brink** · 01-23-2008

Quote:

HELP PLEASE

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:

Quote:

> 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
>

Since Best Buy botched your install by not activating it for you, you will need to finish the job for them.

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

01-24-2008

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:

Quote:

>
> HELP PLEASE;583849 Wrote:

Quote:

> > 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:

	Quote:
	> > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >

>
> Since Best Buy botched your install by not activating it for you, you
> will need to finish the job for them.
>
> 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
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

**Brink** · 01-24-2008

Quote:

HELP PLEASE

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:

Quote:

>
> HELP PLEASE;583849 Wrote:
>
> Since Best Buy botched your install by not activating it for you, you
> will need to finish the job for them.
>
> 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
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

Did you start at step 17?

Shawn

01-23-2008	#1 (permalink)
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