Vista - Re-installation of Windows Vista Business

A month ago I installed Windows Vista Business on my home office computer. A
week ago I upgraded the machine and re-installed the Windows Vista Business
program. Today I received a message advising that Windows Activation won't
work. How can I activate the program which has been re-installed?

wwbv wrote:
> A month ago I installed Windows Vista Business on my home office computer. A
> week ago I upgraded the machine and re-installed the Windows Vista Business
> program. Today I received a message advising that Windows Activation won't
> work. How can I activate the program which has been re-installed?


Simply follow the on-screen prompts to perform a telephone activation.


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Hi,

Use the phone activation method. First try the automated sequence, and if it
fails hold on the line to get a representative who can give you an
activation code.

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"wwbv" <wwbv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:310C5299-D731-4615-B703-5FFCF9D01F3A@microsoft.com...
>A month ago I installed Windows Vista Business on my home office computer.
>A
> week ago I upgraded the machine and re-installed the Windows Vista
> Business
> program. Today I received a message advising that Windows Activation
> won't
> work. How can I activate the program which has been re-installed?

Do you have a phone number for Activation? I do not get the option of
activating by phone, it just loops back to enter the product id

"wwbv" wrote:

> A month ago I installed Windows Vista Business on my home office computer. A
> week ago I upgraded the machine and re-installed the Windows Vista Business
> program. Today I received a message advising that Windows Activation won't
> work. How can I activate the program which has been re-installed?

john wrote:
> Do you have a phone number for Activation? I do not get the option of
> activating by phone, it just loops back to enter the product id
>
> "wwbv" wrote:
>
>> A month ago I installed Windows Vista Business on my home office computer. A
>> week ago I upgraded the machine and re-installed the Windows Vista Business
>> program. Today I received a message advising that Windows Activation won't
>> work. How can I activate the program which has been re-installed?

I have this one - The Microsoft Activation Hotline - (888) 571-2048

I've never used it so YMMV.


Malke
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