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    activation

    hi...bought my vista home premium a few months ago...i did the activation and
    all was well...everything has been until today...today i updated my bios and
    suddenly i have to activate my vista again??...i try to activate it again,but
    it says the prod.key is already activated...ant help would be app....



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    Re: activation

    Quote Originally Posted by geazzz View Post
    hi...bought my vista home premium a few months ago...i did the activation and
    all was well...everything has been until today...today i updated my bios and
    suddenly i have to activate my vista again??...i try to activate it again,but
    it says the prod.key is already activated...ant help would be app....
    Hi geazzz,

    You will just need to do a phone activation to get Vista activated again. The BIOS flash must have made Vista think you changed the motherboard.

    Activate Vista by Phone

    Shawn

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