Vista - Activation

I got Vista Buisness edition because i assumd that i would bet more that one
activation out of it. But i recently upgraded my main harddrive from a flabby
IDE one to a speedy Western Digital Raptor. Now much to my annoyance I am
told that my product key is already in use, which in a way it is i suppose.
It is presently on a harddrive sat on my desk beside my keyboard.

I would just like to know if i have to live with my flabby old drive or (god
forbid) buy another copy of vista?

Hello,

have you tried re-activating Windows by telephone activation and, there,
have you (perhaps) spoken to a MS person?

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

"Michael Cavanagh" <MichaelCavanagh@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:E6C12112-41A8-416B-B87C-33E64F81168A@microsoft.com...
>I got Vista Buisness edition because i assumd that i would bet more that
>one
> activation out of it. But i recently upgraded my main harddrive from a
> flabby
> IDE one to a speedy Western Digital Raptor. Now much to my annoyance I am
> told that my product key is already in use, which in a way it is i
> suppose.
> It is presently on a harddrive sat on my desk beside my keyboard.
>
> I would just like to know if i have to live with my flabby old drive or
> (god
> forbid) buy another copy of vista?

Michael:
You will have to use the telephone activation and it shouldn't be a
problem if you don't hang up after the automates activation fails them
you're transferred to a live person. Have a great day.

--
Dennis Pack
XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64
Office Prof. Plus 2007

"Michael Cavanagh" <MichaelCavanagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E6C12112-41A8-416B-B87C-33E64F81168A@microsoft.com...
>I got Vista Buisness edition because i assumd that i would bet more that
>one
> activation out of it. But i recently upgraded my main harddrive from a
> flabby
> IDE one to a speedy Western Digital Raptor. Now much to my annoyance I am
> told that my product key is already in use, which in a way it is i
> suppose.
> It is presently on a harddrive sat on my desk beside my keyboard.
>
> I would just like to know if i have to live with my flabby old drive or
> (god
> forbid) buy another copy of vista?

Michael Cavanagh wrote:
> I got Vista Buisness edition because i assumd that i would bet more that one
> activation out of it. But i recently upgraded my main harddrive from a flabby
> IDE one to a speedy Western Digital Raptor. Now much to my annoyance I am
> told that my product key is already in use, which in a way it is i suppose.
> It is presently on a harddrive sat on my desk beside my keyboard.
>
> I would just like to know if i have to live with my flabby old drive or (god
> forbid) buy another copy of vista?


There's no limit to the number of times you can reinstall and
activate the same Vista license on the same PC. Nor is there ever a
charge. Nor does a Product Key (so long as it's not an evaluation
license) ever expire. If it's been more than 120 days since you last
activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to
activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you might
have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm


Simply reinstall and activate by telephone.



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A simply telephone call to the activation line should solve the problem.

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"Michael Cavanagh" <MichaelCavanagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E6C12112-41A8-416B-B87C-33E64F81168A@microsoft.com...
>I got Vista Buisness edition because i assumd that i would bet more that
>one
> activation out of it. But i recently upgraded my main harddrive from a
> flabby
> IDE one to a speedy Western Digital Raptor. Now much to my annoyance I am
> told that my product key is already in use, which in a way it is i
> suppose.
> It is presently on a harddrive sat on my desk beside my keyboard.
>
> I would just like to know if i have to live with my flabby old drive or
> (god
> forbid) buy another copy of vista?

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:29:00 -0700, Michael Cavanagh

>I got Vista Buisness edition because i assumd that i would bet more that one
>activation out of it. But i recently upgraded my main harddrive from a flabby
>IDE one to a speedy Western Digital Raptor. Now much to my annoyance I am
>told that my product key is already in use, which in a way it is i suppose.
>It is presently on a harddrive sat on my desk beside my keyboard.

We are told that Vista uses the same component-watching model as XP.

XP watches 10 components, with LAN adapter "weighted" as 3 "lives".
As long as 7 "lives" are left, the activation DoS payload is not
triggered. Yet here we have a HD swap that should (at worst) break 2
monitored lives; physical HD and volume serial number.

So why is the Vista activation payload so trigger-happy?



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