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08-27-2008
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| | validate vista and then purchase licence I have inhereited a pc with a copy of Vista on it which I am certain is a non-genuine/licensed version. How can I go thru the validation process and then on to the msft site which takes me thru the online purchase of a licence in the same way I did once with WinXP? I can't find any way for my copy of Vista to be validated or not |
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08-27-2008
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| | Re: validate vista and then purchase licence "Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications" (It's a Validation Tool) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en If the above link is broken, use this: http://tinyurl.com/57jg5q -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "davidS" <davidsamui@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:33eb51c4-dd95-4149-a464-13212c294d5b@xxxxxx Quote: >I have inhereited a pc with a copy of Vista on it which I am certain > is a non-genuine/licensed version. How can I go thru the validation > process and then on to the msft site which takes me thru the online > purchase of a licence in the same way I did once with WinXP? > I can't find any way for my copy of Vista to be validated or not |
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08-27-2008
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| | Re: validate vista and then purchase licence This is the main page http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "davidS" <davidsamui@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:33eb51c4-dd95-4149-a464-13212c294d5b@xxxxxx Quote: >I have inhereited a pc with a copy of Vista on it which I am certain > is a non-genuine/licensed version. How can I go thru the validation > process and then on to the msft site which takes me thru the online > purchase of a licence in the same way I did once with WinXP? > I can't find any way for my copy of Vista to be validated or not |
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08-27-2008
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| | Re: validate vista and then purchase licence On Aug 28, 8:04 am, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote: Quote: > This is the main pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/Userhttp://grystmill.com > > "davidS" <davidsa...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:33eb51c4-dd95-4149-a464-13212c294d5b@xxxxxx > Quote: > >I have inhereited a pc with a copy of Vista on it which I am certain > > is a non-genuine/licensed version. How can I go thru the validation > > process and then on to the msft site which takes me thru the online > > purchase of a licence in the same way I did once with WinXP? > > I can't find any way for my copy of Vista to be validated or not |
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08-27-2008
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| | Re: validate vista and then purchase licence "davidS" <davidsamui@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:a1a185f9-65d9-4e3c-9eb8-515b46634b1c@xxxxxx Quote: > On Aug 28, 8:04 am, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote: Quote: >> This is the main pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/Userhttp://grystmill.com >> >> "davidS" <davidsa...@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:33eb51c4-dd95-4149-a464-13212c294d5b@xxxxxx >> Quote: >> >I have inhereited a pc with a copy of Vista on it which I am certain >> > is a non-genuine/licensed version. How can I go thru the validation >> > process and then on to the msft site which takes me thru the online >> > purchase of a licence in the same way I did once with WinXP? >> > I can't find any way for my copy of Vista to be validated or not > This is for WinXP not for Vista surely ?? http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...alidation.aspx -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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08-27-2008
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| | Re: validate vista and then purchase licence Yes, true. My apologies. Thanks to Mike for coming along with the right info. But, in truth, I was at that page and went from there, via a link near the bottom saying, "Find more information on genuine Windows Vista." Following that link, I ended up at http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ where I then followed the link that says "Download the latest WGA Notifications tool. My bad for assuming that nearly two years after RTM, that the tool includes Vista. That it's only for XPx86 is ludicrous. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "davidS" <davidsamui@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:a1a185f9-65d9-4e3c-9eb8-515b46634b1c@xxxxxx Quote: > On Aug 28, 8:04 am, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote: Quote: >> This is the main pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/Userhttp://grystmill.com >> >> "davidS" <davidsa...@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:33eb51c4-dd95-4149-a464-13212c294d5b@xxxxxx >> Quote: >> >I have inhereited a pc with a copy of Vista on it which I am certain >> > is a non-genuine/licensed version. How can I go thru the validation >> > process and then on to the msft site which takes me thru the online >> > purchase of a licence in the same way I did once with WinXP? >> > I can't find any way for my copy of Vista to be validated or not > This is for WinXP not for Vista surely ?? |
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08-27-2008
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| | Re: validate vista and then purchase licence After looking further, I finally noticed the two big buttons at top right of this page: http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ "Validate Windows" and "Validate Office". It requires an Active-X install and works fine for Vista, XP, Office XP and Office 2007 (can't vouch for anything else.) -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "davidS" <davidsamui@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:a1a185f9-65d9-4e3c-9eb8-515b46634b1c@xxxxxx Quote: > On Aug 28, 8:04 am, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote: Quote: >> This is the main pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/Userhttp://grystmill.com >> >> "davidS" <davidsa...@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:33eb51c4-dd95-4149-a464-13212c294d5b@xxxxxx >> Quote: >> >I have inhereited a pc with a copy of Vista on it which I am certain >> > is a non-genuine/licensed version. How can I go thru the validation >> > process and then on to the msft site which takes me thru the online >> > purchase of a licence in the same way I did once with WinXP? >> > I can't find any way for my copy of Vista to be validated or not > This is for WinXP not for Vista surely ?? |
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