Vista - clean install of vista, now validation key doesnt work

I upgraded to vista home premium from xp mce 2005 and made the mistake of
entering the validation key.
The upgrade was very buggy, so i decided to do a clean install of vista.
Now, whenever i try to validate it, it says my validation key is being used.

What should i do?
many thanks
Ken

=?Utf-8?B?a2Vu?= <ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I upgraded to vista home premium from xp mce 2005 and made the mistake
> of entering the validation key.
> The upgrade was very buggy, so i decided to do a clean install of
> vista. Now, whenever i try to validate it, it says my validation key
> is being used.
>
> What should i do?
> many thanks
> Ken
>

Call the toll free number.

Seriously though, of course it's in use, by you.

I myself would think that there should be no problem, as the process should
generate the same hardware ID's as previously generated, and the validation
server should see that info is the same as before, and it should go since
it would be obvious it was the same hardware.

"ken" <ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A4ECA593-17B1-4205-BE7C-7C1BDEEAC7E8@microsoft.com...
>I upgraded to vista home premium from xp mce 2005 and made the mistake of
> entering the validation key.
> The upgrade was very buggy, so i decided to do a clean install of vista.
> Now, whenever i try to validate it, it says my validation key is being
> used.
>
> What should i do?
> many thanks
> Ken

Activate by telephone.
The wizard will give you the right number
--

Mike Brannigan

Where can i find the toll free number?
It is awfully odd to require a new activation key.
Many thanks all!
Ken

"Mike Brannigan" wrote:

> "ken" <ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A4ECA593-17B1-4205-BE7C-7C1BDEEAC7E8@microsoft.com...
> >I upgraded to vista home premium from xp mce 2005 and made the mistake of
> > entering the validation key.
> > The upgrade was very buggy, so i decided to do a clean install of vista.
> > Now, whenever i try to validate it, it says my validation key is being
> > used.
> >
> > What should i do?
> > many thanks
> > Ken
>
> Activate by telephone.
> The wizard will give you the right number
> --
>
> Mike Brannigan
>

ken wrote:
> Where can i find the toll free number?

You should have been offered the opportunity to activate via telephone
(with the pertinent phone displayed on screen) when the Internet
activation failed. However:


Microsoft Activation Centers Worldwide Telephone Numbers
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/r...ol/numbers.asp




> It is awfully odd to require a new activation key.
> Many thanks all!
> Ken


Not really, if it's been less than 120 days since you last activated.


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"ken" <ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I upgraded to vista home premium from xp mce 2005 and made the mistake of
> entering the validation key.
> The upgrade was very buggy, so i decided to do a clean install of vista.
> Now, whenever i try to validate it, it says my validation key is being
> used.
>
> What should i do?
> many thanks
> Ken

thanks all for the tips! the phone activation worked out.


"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

> Use the toll free telephone option to activate your copy.
>
> --
> John Barnett MVP
> Associate Expert
> Windows - Shell/User
>
> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>
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> "ken" <ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A4ECA593-17B1-4205-BE7C-7C1BDEEAC7E8@microsoft.com...
> >I upgraded to vista home premium from xp mce 2005 and made the mistake of
> > entering the validation key.
> > The upgrade was very buggy, so i decided to do a clean install of vista.
> > Now, whenever i try to validate it, it says my validation key is being
> > used.
> >
> > What should i do?
> > many thanks
> > Ken
>
>