Activating Vista by Phone

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rynem

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My computer told said that Vista wasn't activated and that it had to be in 30 days. I purchased this computer with Vista installed, so I went to the side of my tower and checked the product key and tried activating it. For some reason it said it's already in use. So then I tried the Phone Activation and went through all the procedures and it's been activated.

What I don't get is why wouldn't it let me activate online, but let me by phone? Was my key being used by another person or was it hacked? Luckily I didn't have to blow $150.00 for nothing.
 

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I had this problem with xp, try talking to some1 at microsoft about it (dont know any numbers, sry).
 

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    Razer Deathadder 3500dpi
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was it a new pc? has it been upgraded at all?

If for example it was activated in the shop then a new graphics card added for example Vista would complain , as its an OEM version of windows it may assume its being installed on a differant pc

when you try to activate it as its previously been activated , you will get that message
 

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    Custom Build
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    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
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    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
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    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
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    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
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    Titan Fenir
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    Logitech G5 Gamer
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    Razer Reclusa
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    8mb
or the key has been installed on many computers, if anything id be pointing the finger at the shop/store you bought it from. if the computer was on display, then the key on the side may have been stolen while it was on display therefore there is someone using your key right now.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
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    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
MrNeeds said:
or the key has been installed on many computers, if anything id be pointing the finger at the shop/store you bought it from. if the computer was on display, then the key on the side may have been stolen while it was on display therefore there is someone using your key right now.
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Mrneeds hit it on the head.
I would let the place where you got it know what happened and see if they have the discs for the system
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    gateway/m6881
    CPU
    centrino core 2 duo 2.2ghz T7500
    Memory
    3GB
    Hard Drives
    500GB WD
    Mouse
    logitech
    Internet Speed
    fios 35MB not!!!!
MrNeeds said:
or the key has been installed on many computers, if anything id be pointing the finger at the shop/store you bought it from. if the computer was on display, then the key on the side may have been stolen while it was on display therefore there is someone using your key right now.
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Its working great right now. When I just kept retrying, it finally activated. I was just wondering why does it work now and what caused it not to?
 

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System One

pacinitaly said:
MrNeeds said:
or the key has been installed on many computers, if anything id be pointing the finger at the shop/store you bought it from. if the computer was on display, then the key on the side may have been stolen while it was on display therefore there is someone using your key right now.
Click to expand...


Mrneeds hit it on the head.
I would let the place where you got it know what happened and see if they have the discs for the system
Click to expand...

Its working great right now. When I just kept retrying, it finally activated. I was just wondering why does it work now and what caused it not to?
 

My Computer

System One

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