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Originally Posted by gilesm Hello
I have a legit, paid for copy of Vista Home Premium.
This weekend my machine crashed, seriously, so bad that when it came back Vista would not boot, so I tried a repair with the System Disk, this did not work, so I tried a 'restore' from last good known date, this did not work.
So I had to install again. Fine. Until I noticed that my Vista was not activated.
So I tried to activate it. MS activation failed because the Product key was already active (yes, with me of course).
I called MS they refused to help because my version was OEM.
So, I now have a copy that I have paid for, but can not activate.
I feel screwed by Microsoft. So much so I am dumping Vista and going back to XP Pro.
Unless anyone has any suggestions ? |
OEM is a bitch but try this... boot to the DVD follow instructions and ask for repair in restore ask for command prompt.... then type "rstrstrui.exe /offline:C:\windows"
since your new install was not finished, if you did not FORMAT the drive. then the original last restore img will be used to restore your working copy.
And like Felix stated OEM is supported by the Manufacture...If your OEM was purchased otherwise then you are your own suppost...
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I have a legit, paid for copy of Vista Home Premium.
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