Vista - Product key

Vista won't activate. Invalid product key. Key already in use tryed phone got
put through to somebody in costumer support & all I got was told too come
here & ask or pay a fee for tech support. Payed for product not paying again.
NOT HAPPY.

Your only recourse is phone activation.


"Carrupt" <Carrupt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5A3E7F7E-CBC6-4918-9E10-E8F7D1FFCE6A@microsoft.com...
> Vista won't activate. Invalid product key. Key already in use tryed phone
> got
> put through to somebody in costumer support & all I got was told too come
> here & ask or pay a fee for tech support. Payed for product not paying
> again.
> NOT HAPPY.

Carrupt wrote:
> Vista won't activate. Invalid product key. Key already in use tryed phone got
> put through to somebody in costumer support & all I got was told too come
> here & ask or pay a fee for tech support. Payed for product not paying again.
> NOT HAPPY.

Tired of Ye Olde Runaround? Check out Open Source. You can get a free
operating system that needs no activation or becoming MS "genuine".
Check it out at www.ubuntu.com/ and order the free Feisty Fawn Ubuntu
7.04. They will even pay the postage to send it to you.

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Thanks Carey.
Will have to try phone again & hopefully get someone that can help me.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Your only recourse is phone activation.
>
>
> "Carrupt" <Carrupt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5A3E7F7E-CBC6-4918-9E10-E8F7D1FFCE6A@microsoft.com...
> > Vista won't activate. Invalid product key. Key already in use tryed phone
> > got
> > put through to somebody in costumer support & all I got was told too come
> > here & ask or pay a fee for tech support. Payed for product not paying
> > again.
> > NOT HAPPY.
>

Hi Carrupt,

When you call MS for phone activation, tell the person what you have done to change the system and they should activate it for you. They probably did not understand or listen the first time. It just depends on the person you get.

Good luck,
Shawn

Carrupt wrote:
> Vista won't activate. Invalid product key. Key already in use tryed phone got
> put through to somebody in costumer support & all I got was told too come
> here & ask or pay a fee for tech support. Payed for product not paying again.
> NOT HAPPY.


Well, if MS are to be believed then the person who told you that should
be fired. All anyone here can do is tell you to call that number again
and follow the instructions or wait for a customer (lack of) service
representative.

When you say it won't activate I guess we assume it's a new install of
Vista or have you just put new hardware in the machine? (Or did it just
happen)?

For what it's worth a LOT of people are not happy about the way this is
being done and it is going to cost Microsoft amount of money that you
and I couldn't count in a lifetime, but I guess they are slow learners.
It is doing so well at preventing piracy they just cut the price of
Vista in halp in China

So, you have my sympathy but all I can tell you is that if it won't
activate online you HAVE to go through the phone system.

What are the details that led to the activation?

Is this key in use on any other computers?
You can only install on one computer with a single license.

If you have removed it from one computer and installed on another or
need to activate again on the same computer, call back the activation
number.
There may have been a misunderstanding between you and the tech.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Carrupt" <Carrupt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5A3E7F7E-CBC6-4918-9E10-E8F7D1FFCE6A@microsoft.com...
> Vista won't activate. Invalid product key. Key already in use tryed
> phone got
> put through to somebody in costumer support & all I got was told too
> come
> here & ask or pay a fee for tech support. Payed for product not
> paying again.
> NOT HAPPY.

Alias wrote:
> Carrupt wrote:
>
>> Vista won't activate. Invalid product key. Key already in use tryed
>> phone got put through to somebody in costumer support & all I got was
>> told too come here & ask or pay a fee for tech support. Payed for
>> product not paying again. NOT HAPPY.
>
>
> Tired of Ye Olde Runaround? Check out Open Source. You can get a free
> operating system that needs no activation or becoming MS "genuine".
> Check it out at www.ubuntu.com/ and order the free Feisty Fawn Ubuntu
> 7.04. They will even pay the postage to send it to you.
>
Toys-R-Us has better os's than that!
Frank

Thanks did ring again and all fixed thanks for everyones help.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> What are the details that led to the activation?
>
> Is this key in use on any other computers?
> You can only install on one computer with a single license.
>
> If you have removed it from one computer and installed on another or
> need to activate again on the same computer, call back the activation
> number.
> There may have been a misunderstanding between you and the tech.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "Carrupt" <Carrupt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5A3E7F7E-CBC6-4918-9E10-E8F7D1FFCE6A@microsoft.com...
> > Vista won't activate. Invalid product key. Key already in use tryed
> > phone got
> > put through to somebody in costumer support & all I got was told too
> > come
> > here & ask or pay a fee for tech support. Payed for product not
> > paying again.
> > NOT HAPPY.
>
>

Carrupt wrote:

> Thanks did ring again and all fixed

For now ...

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