Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate, it says
the product key is already in use and needs another one. Please help!

Maximus51 wrote:
> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate,
> it says the product key is already in use and needs another one.
> Please help!

You have to use the telephone activation method.

Maximus51 wrote:
> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate,
> it says the product key is already in use and needs another one.
> Please help!

Yet another example where buggy MS DRM inconveniences the paying
customer. This is doing nothing st stop piracy.

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"Maximus51" <Maximus51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72EF821F-EA33-46FC-8740-44BEBAEEEAE5@microsoft.com...
> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate, it says
> the product key is already in use and needs another one. Please help!

Maximus51 wrote:
> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate, it says
> the product key is already in use and needs another one. Please help!

Sick of this crap? Try Ubuntu, an Open Source OS. It's free. www.ubuntu.com

Alias

Alias wrote:

> Maximus51 wrote:
>
>> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
>> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate,
>> it says the product key is already in use and needs another one.
>> Please help!
>
>
> Sick of this crap? Try Ubuntu, an Open Source OS. It's free. www.ubuntu.com
>
> Alias


Yeah, try a stupid toy os..great idea...hahaha...good for kiddies like
you...hahaha...lol!
Frank

Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Maximus51 wrote:
>>
>>> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
>>> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate,
>>> it says the product key is already in use and needs another one.
>>> Please help!
>>
>>
>> Sick of this crap? Try Ubuntu, an Open Source OS. It's free.
>> www.ubuntu.com
>>
>> Alias
>
>
> Yeah, try a stupid toy os..great idea...hahaha...good for kiddies like
> you...hahaha...lol!
> Frank

Your jealously of people who can install a decent OS like Ubuntu and you
can't is showing, Frankie Boy.

Alias

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:12:31 -0500, The formerly Nina DiBoy
>Maximus51 wrote:

>> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
>> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate,
>> it says the product key is already in use and needs another one.
>> Please help!

>Yet another example where buggy MS DRM inconveniences the paying
>customer. This is doing nothing st stop piracy.

Before jumping in with guns blazing, I'd have asked whether there had
been any hardware changes, and what these were.

If there had been hardware changes, and these were in excess of
Vista's scarce-documented change thresholds, then the DoS payload is
working as designed.

If there had been hardware changes, and these were not in excess of
Vista's scarce-documented change thresholds, then the DoS payload is
buggy. Hey MS - "DoS payload" and "buggy"; pick ONE.

If there had been no hardware changes at all, then the DoS payload is
*really* buggy, and we need to chase this a lot harder.

So... more details, original poster?



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cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:12:31 -0500, The formerly Nina DiBoy
>> Maximus51 wrote:
>
>>> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
>>> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate,
>>> it says the product key is already in use and needs another one.
>>> Please help!
>
>> Yet another example where buggy MS DRM inconveniences the paying
>> customer. This is doing nothing st stop piracy.
>
> Before jumping in with guns blazing, I'd have asked whether there had
> been any hardware changes, and what these were.
>
> If there had been hardware changes, and these were in excess of
> Vista's scarce-documented change thresholds, then the DoS payload is
> working as designed.
>
> If there had been hardware changes, and these were not in excess of
> Vista's scarce-documented change thresholds, then the DoS payload is
> buggy. Hey MS - "DoS payload" and "buggy"; pick ONE.
>
> If there had been no hardware changes at all, then the DoS payload is
> *really* buggy, and we need to chase this a lot harder.
>
> So... more details, original poster?

The OP wrote, and I quote:

"Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
although I never changed anything."

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Thank you everyone for the help. Activating it by telephone fixed the
problem. For those who were requesting more details...I never changed any
hardware, I didn't open my case or even add new software. During normal use
I got the message unexpectedly.
"Maximus51" wrote:

> Windows said it needs to reactivate windows due to a hardware change,
> although I never changed anything. And when it tries to re-activate, it says
> the product key is already in use and needs another one. Please help!