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I bought the OEM from DABS
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Yes that means you are your own suppost.
Still there are more ways to get things working. Have your booted to DVD, then used the command prompt to run "rstrstrui.exe /offline:C:\windows"
If you have tested that version and it did not work let me know.
Also OEM copies of Home Premium should have a "Never ending reinstall".
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Now Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Activation ― A Vista installation with OEM Activation is what you would receive from Dell (or another OEM) when your purchase a computer with Vista pre-installed.
OEM activation uses a special BIOS marker that is pre-loaded by the OEMs. It will never need to activate with either Microsoft or a KMS.
If you reinstall the OS with media that came from the OEM for your computer, that will also result in an installation that never needs to be activated.
If you reload the machine with a volume license image, then it has to be activated using MAK or KMS.
Activation Hardware Tolerance
OEM versions of Windows Vista are BIOS bound. Each system generates a signature based on the BIOS checksum and the OEM activation key. If the BIOS is changed (the motherboard or system BIOS is replaced), the system is considered out of tolerance and must be reactivated.
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if someone else "lifted your KEY" . The date of install which is contained in the registery gives 1st install date preference. USE THE RESTORE.
ps: what is the mobo of your system?
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http://www.vistababble.com/forums/vi...ctivation.html