Vista - Vista Ultimate Upgrade version.

My scenario is this. I got a HP computer before with XP, then I bought this
Vista Upgrade. I activated it on the HP system. Now I have taken everything
apart. All the was left from the HP system was the hardrive and CD Rom. Now,
I built a new system, installed XP OEM. Cause CPU, Motherboard, Video Card,
Ram, another Harddrive, extra CD Rom and sound card are all new. Then, I
installed back the Vista upgrade cause I formatted the old hard drive and
start from the ground up. And of course, it now tells me the key has already
been activated. But since I erased the old XP upgraded Vista and everything
is new, can I call the them ask them to re-reactivate my Vista upgrade?

"CoNFusED" wondered...
> My scenario is this. I got a HP computer before with XP, then I bought
> this
> Vista Upgrade. I activated it on the HP system. Now I have taken
> everything
> apart. All the was left from the HP system was the hardrive and CD Rom.
> Now,
> I built a new system, installed XP OEM. Cause CPU, Motherboard, Video
> Card,
> Ram, another Harddrive, extra CD Rom and sound card are all new. Then, I
> installed back the Vista upgrade cause I formatted the old hard drive and
> start from the ground up. And of course, it now tells me the key has
> already
> been activated. But since I erased the old XP upgraded Vista and
> everything
> is new, can I call the them ask them to re-reactivate my Vista upgrade?

Yes, using the phone activation option, stay on the line to talk to someone,
explain the hardware upgrades on the original system/hard-drive, and they
will re-activate you.

Yes. That is the way to do it and get Activated again. Explain the situation and no worries

--
Peter

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"CoNFusED" <CoNFusED@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C2EC35A1-15F5-48F9-AAD8-12084B948EF8@microsoft.com...
> My scenario is this. I got a HP computer before with XP, then I bought this
> Vista Upgrade. I activated it on the HP system. Now I have taken everything
> apart. All the was left from the HP system was the hardrive and CD Rom. Now,
> I built a new system, installed XP OEM. Cause CPU, Motherboard, Video Card,
> Ram, another Harddrive, extra CD Rom and sound card are all new. Then, I
> installed back the Vista upgrade cause I formatted the old hard drive and
> start from the ground up. And of course, it now tells me the key has already
> been activated. But since I erased the old XP upgraded Vista and everything
> is new, can I call the them ask them to re-reactivate my Vista upgrade?

You know, if you hunt down the activation crack, this wont be a problem,
as logn as you have a legal copy of Vista. Then everything will work as
normal. And before someone says "oh you shouldn't be advertising
cracks", keep in mind I'm not advertising to download illega copies of
Vista. I'm saying if you -own- a -legal- copy of Vista, then I don't see
any reaso not go through the unneed hoops that redmonds wants everyone
to jump though if it can be avoided.

Best best is bit torrent. Search for "torrent Vista activation" on on
torrent sites and always read the comments to make sure the download
isn't tainted.

It worked on my virtual test system. I've already been through roughtly
20 reinstalls to test different things and hasn't had any issue using
the activation disabler. As far as the OS is concerned, the Activation
went through and succeeded and that's that, and no more nagging.

Believe me, I once would of never suggested such a route, but I feel
that Microsoft, like the RIAA and MPAA and such, have gone way too far.
Protecting intellectual property is one thing, but the steps they take
would NEVER be tolerated in other industries. Too far is too far. If
anything, all these companies have actually contributed to more piracy,
activation cracks (Os and some programs that followd Microsoft's (bad)
example) and such.

So please think about all this and more before you say I'm automatically
wrong for making my suggestion.

Peter Foldes wrote:
> Yes. That is the way to do it and get Activated again. Explain the
> situation and no worries
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "CoNFusED" <CoNFusED@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C2EC35A1-15F5-48F9-AAD8-12084B948EF8@microsoft.com...
>> My scenario is this. I got a HP computer before with XP, then I
>> bought this Vista Upgrade. I activated it on the HP system. Now I
>> have taken everything apart. All the was left from the HP system was
>> the hardrive and CD Rom. Now, I built a new system, installed XP
>> OEM. Cause CPU, Motherboard, Video Card, Ram, another Harddrive,
>> extra CD Rom and sound card are all new. Then, I installed back the
>> Vista upgrade cause I formatted the old hard drive and start from
>> the ground up. And of course, it now tells me the key has already
>> been activated. But since I erased the old XP upgraded Vista and
>> everything is new, can I call the them ask them to re-reactivate my
>> Vista upgrade?

In article <rqd1c3h6jg3l8eeg49nkh8pmv446aojkrq@4ax.com>, AA@ABC.net
says...
> Totally so when you consider it isn't necessary and
> does nothing to stop real hackers or software thieves and only serves
> to annoy and irritate actual paying customers.

I know many instances from many people where license violations were
prevented by the activation process. We also found, in the XP group, a
violation that a nice lady reported that exposed a company that was
installing XP against licensing and she was able to sue them in court
and get money.

So, it appears that Activation does stop pirates.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)

Leythos wrote:
> In article <rqd1c3h6jg3l8eeg49nkh8pmv446aojkrq@4ax.com>, AA@ABC.net
> says...
>> Totally so when you consider it isn't necessary and
>> does nothing to stop real hackers or software thieves and only serves
>> to annoy and irritate actual paying customers.
>
> I know many instances from many people where license violations were
> prevented by the activation process. We also found, in the XP group, a
> violation that a nice lady reported that exposed a company that was
> installing XP against licensing and she was able to sue them in court
> and get money.
>
> So, it appears that Activation does stop pirates.

Only the stupid more layman types. However, it does nothing to stop
piracy, as people use use activation cracks that completely disable the
activation mechanism, turning it into the corporate version in that
regard. Oh hell, some people download the corporate versions which don't
require activation.

Yet we as users have to jump through hoops while pirates in geenral
still do there thing. This is true for Windows, general software that
followed Micorsoft's lead with activation schemes, and media and content
DRM. It makes things more difficult for paying legit customers and in
fact piracy, especially of songs and movies, seems to have increased and
a lot of these bone headed restrictive schemes are (at least a good
part) to blame.

-saran

In article <Oa64wse3HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, none@nospam says...
> Only the stupid more layman types. However, it does nothing to stop
> piracy,

You don't technically stop piracy, you stop that the product an be used
- and that's already been proven to work in many cases.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)

Why use a cracked version of Vista when you have a perfectly good Vista
license? That makes absolutely no sense. Activation only takes a second, it
isn't like it takes too long or can only be done once. Even in the situation
where you have to call in it doesn't take long and they usually don't ask
for explainations. They might ask if that license is installed on another
computer, but that's about it. "Then everything will work as normal".

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5ibldtF3nh8jmU1@mid.individual.net...
> You know, if you hunt down the activation crack, this wont be a problem,
> as logn as you have a legal copy of Vista. Then everything will work as
> normal. And before someone says "oh you shouldn't be advertising cracks",
> keep in mind I'm not advertising to download illega copies of Vista. I'm
> saying if you -own- a -legal- copy of Vista, then I don't see any reaso
> not go through the unneed hoops that redmonds wants everyone to jump
> though if it can be avoided.
>
> Best best is bit torrent. Search for "torrent Vista activation" on on
> torrent sites and always read the comments to make sure the download isn't
> tainted.
>
> It worked on my virtual test system. I've already been through roughtly 20
> reinstalls to test different things and hasn't had any issue using the
> activation disabler. As far as the OS is concerned, the Activation went
> through and succeeded and that's that, and no more nagging.
>
> Believe me, I once would of never suggested such a route, but I feel that
> Microsoft, like the RIAA and MPAA and such, have gone way too far.
> Protecting intellectual property is one thing, but the steps they take
> would NEVER be tolerated in other industries. Too far is too far. If
> anything, all these companies have actually contributed to more piracy,
> activation cracks (Os and some programs that followd Microsoft's (bad)
> example) and such.
>
> So please think about all this and more before you say I'm automatically
> wrong for making my suggestion.
>
> Peter Foldes wrote:
>> Yes. That is the way to do it and get Activated again. Explain the
>> situation and no worries
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "CoNFusED" <CoNFusED@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C2EC35A1-15F5-48F9-AAD8-12084B948EF8@microsoft.com...
>>> My scenario is this. I got a HP computer before with XP, then I
>>> bought this Vista Upgrade. I activated it on the HP system. Now I
>>> have taken everything apart. All the was left from the HP system was
>>> the hardrive and CD Rom. Now, I built a new system, installed XP
>>> OEM. Cause CPU, Motherboard, Video Card, Ram, another Harddrive,
>>> extra CD Rom and sound card are all new. Then, I installed back the
>>> Vista upgrade cause I formatted the old hard drive and start from
>>> the ground up. And of course, it now tells me the key has already
>>> been activated. But since I erased the old XP upgraded Vista and
>>> everything is new, can I call the them ask them to re-reactivate my
>>> Vista upgrade?
>
>

This is a trick I learned. , REFORMAT the drive with any Linux OP then do a
full install of your upgrade disk, and Windows will accept your Key. (
Windows leafs a small partition on your Drive, and a reformat with win. will
NOT delete it )


<here@home.again> wrote in message
news:OFEy0sc3HHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "CoNFusED" wondered...
>> My scenario is this. I got a HP computer before with XP, then I bought
>> this
>> Vista Upgrade. I activated it on the HP system. Now I have taken
>> everything
>> apart. All the was left from the HP system was the hardrive and CD Rom.
>> Now,
>> I built a new system, installed XP OEM. Cause CPU, Motherboard, Video
>> Card,
>> Ram, another Harddrive, extra CD Rom and sound card are all new. Then, I
>> installed back the Vista upgrade cause I formatted the old hard drive and
>> start from the ground up. And of course, it now tells me the key has
>> already
>> been activated. But since I erased the old XP upgraded Vista and
>> everything
>> is new, can I call the them ask them to re-reactivate my Vista upgrade?
>
> Yes, using the phone activation option, stay on the line to talk to
> someone, explain the hardware upgrades on the original system/hard-drive,
> and they will re-activate you.
>

The problem is the inconvenience of having to revalidate. Suppose I'm
writing the next killer novel at my cabin in a national wilderness area. No
wired phones. No cell phone access. Next 3-seater plane out won't arrive
for a week. I reseat my video card and Vista says "I quit" in two days if
you don't reactivate? That is just plain stupid. Crack it and it runs on
my schedule, not M$'s schedule.

-Paul Randall

"Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
news:7CF53081-969F-4993-828E-B74BCE10C475@microsoft.com...
> Why use a cracked version of Vista when you have a perfectly good Vista
> license? That makes absolutely no sense. Activation only takes a second,
> it isn't like it takes too long or can only be done once. Even in the
> situation where you have to call in it doesn't take long and they usually
> don't ask for explainations. They might ask if that license is installed
> on another computer, but that's about it. "Then everything will work as
> normal".
>
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
> "Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:5ibldtF3nh8jmU1@mid.individual.net...
>> You know, if you hunt down the activation crack, this wont be a problem,
>> as logn as you have a legal copy of Vista. Then everything will work as
>> normal. And before someone says "oh you shouldn't be advertising cracks",
>> keep in mind I'm not advertising to download illega copies of Vista. I'm
>> saying if you -own- a -legal- copy of Vista, then I don't see any reaso
>> not go through the unneed hoops that redmonds wants everyone to jump
>> though if it can be avoided.
>>
>> Best best is bit torrent. Search for "torrent Vista activation" on on
>> torrent sites and always read the comments to make sure the download
>> isn't tainted.
>>
>> It worked on my virtual test system. I've already been through roughtly
>> 20 reinstalls to test different things and hasn't had any issue using the
>> activation disabler. As far as the OS is concerned, the Activation went
>> through and succeeded and that's that, and no more nagging.
>>
>> Believe me, I once would of never suggested such a route, but I feel that
>> Microsoft, like the RIAA and MPAA and such, have gone way too far.
>> Protecting intellectual property is one thing, but the steps they take
>> would NEVER be tolerated in other industries. Too far is too far. If
>> anything, all these companies have actually contributed to more piracy,
>> activation cracks (Os and some programs that followd Microsoft's (bad)
>> example) and such.
>>
>> So please think about all this and more before you say I'm automatically
>> wrong for making my suggestion.
>>
>> Peter Foldes wrote:
>>> Yes. That is the way to do it and get Activated again. Explain the
>>> situation and no worries
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>>
>>> "CoNFusED" <CoNFusED@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:C2EC35A1-15F5-48F9-AAD8-12084B948EF8@microsoft.com...
>>>> My scenario is this. I got a HP computer before with XP, then I
>>>> bought this Vista Upgrade. I activated it on the HP system. Now I
>>>> have taken everything apart. All the was left from the HP system was
>>>> the hardrive and CD Rom. Now, I built a new system, installed XP
>>>> OEM. Cause CPU, Motherboard, Video Card, Ram, another Harddrive,
>>>> extra CD Rom and sound card are all new. Then, I installed back the
>>>> Vista upgrade cause I formatted the old hard drive and start from
>>>> the ground up. And of course, it now tells me the key has already
>>>> been activated. But since I erased the old XP upgraded Vista and
>>>> everything is new, can I call the them ask them to re-reactivate my
>>>> Vista upgrade?
>>
>>
>