Vista - Cant Find My Product Key!

Howdy,
I bought a new Windows vista standard edition. I took it into a computer store to get it upgraded to vista ultimate. I got it back with vsita ultimate installed and working fine. I tried to check what my product key was so i could write it down and some how i deactivated my vista, now it says that the copy i have is not genuine. The product key on the back of my laptop doesnt work and the store doesnt have to key either. Is there anyway i can get the Product key straight out of the system? and if there is how do i go about making windows genuine?

Hello Mod Zezima,

See if you can do a phone activation using the Vista product key number on the back of your laptop to have your Vista genuine again. This tutorial will show you how to if needed.

Activate Vista by Phone

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Shawn, he got a Basic Ultimate upgrade with NO Key from a shop!!!
His Basic key does not work, and he has no upgrade KEY!!!
Sounds dodgey to me!!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Brink" wrote:

Hi Mick,

Yes, I agree this does sound unusual, but it is not imposssible to happen I suppose.

This post continues at here to:
Activate Vista by Phone

Thank you,
Shawn

Call Microsoft.

it said i had 3 days left to activate my vista, do you think the shop that installed ultimate has the product key they used?

"Mod Zezima" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:17e739b08c3311b85f91b9d425a380c5@xxxxxx-gateway.com...Just to clarify.
So you bought a new PC with Vista Home Premium or some other Edition
installed ?
You then took it to a shop to have it upgraded to Ultimate?
They gave you back the PC and took your money - BUT did they give you the
DVD for the Ultimate Upgrade ? or at very least the Certificate of
Authenticity and the Product Key.,
If they did not provide you with this then they have not legally upgraded
your PC. Unless they are carrying out
anytime upgrades on your behalf - but again they must provide you with the
product key.

Was this some back street store that did this for a lot less than a real
upgrade that you could have purchased yourself ? If so they you may have
gotten what you paid for, in terms of legitimacy, service and care.

Go back to them and demand
The original media DVD (or an explanation of just what they used)
The certificate of authenticity
The product key

You are entitled to (or at least a combination of) the above.

--

Mike Brannigan

it was legit but i didnt get a certificate or anything back, cost me $250 too. i think i accidently deactivated it by mistake

"Mod Zezima" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:c5c83df7ecca7ea7c51c8c1154ed0f5a@xxxxxx-gateway.com...If they did not provide you with the media, the product key and the
certificate of authenticity then it is not legitimate.
What you have here is a back street shop just using one of their licenses to
do you machine and handing it back - this is not what a professional upgrade
should do.
They must provide you with media, product key and certificate of
authenticity.
As without these you do not even have a legitimate license.
Ask yourself this - what do I have that proves I have a license for Windows
Vista Ultimate? Currently nothing.
You need to have at the very least a certificate of authenticity and a
product key (the COA is usually on the media package or may be on a piece of
paper) - see
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/h...displaylang=en

Stop worrying about what you did and get the shop to prove that you have a
genuine Windows Upgrade by providing you with what they must. Otherwise
there is a serous risk that you are paying for effectively pirated
software - as you have no proof to the license you are claiming and the shop
is not providing you with the evidence you require,
--

Mike Brannigan

i've gone back to the store and asked what u have suggested. They cannot give me any straight answers so i have been in contact with the authorites. Is there any other way i can get my vista to be genuien?