The Vista activation code has faded away!

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inkystinky

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I had to reinstall Vista, because of lots of errors. After I did that, and wanted to log in, it asked for the activation code. (So basicly, and can't log in before I have it).

But the thing is the activasion code is underneath my laptop, and it has faded away now! I can't see any of the digits. What on earth can I do?

There's another 8 number code that I still can see. Maybe I can use that to proove my certificate?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo 2.40Gh'z
    Memory
    300gb
    Graphics card(s)
    9600m GT
    Screen Resolution
    1650+1050
To be quite fair im not sure what you can do, i guess you can just try MS and see what they say :)

hope you get this sorted :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 5630WLMi
    CPU
    Intel Centrino Duo 1.66Ghz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
    Memory
    1x 2GB 800MHz DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    Onboard 256 Intel Rubish
    Sound Card
    Onboard Intel HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" Crystalbrite
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    160GB SATA
    PSU
    N/A
    Case
    N/A
    Cooling
    N/A
    Mouse
    Laser Optical
    Keyboard
    Laptop
    Internet Speed
    2.6mbps Download, Upload unknown (not tested)

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K MBoard.
    Memory
    4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
    Hard Drives
    500G Seagate SATA 200G Seagate SATA 100G WD Caviar SATA 80G WD Caviar IDE
    PSU
    OCZ Elite 800W PSU
    Case
    RaidMax Smilodon Case
    Other Info
    Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2 Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; & Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
Most likely you'll have to talk to the company that made your laptop.
If you registered it, things should go easily.
If you haven't, then you may have to provide proof of purchase in order to get them to help you out.

The OEM (PC manufacturer) is responsible for those codes - not Microsoft
 

My Computer

System One

Strange. Did you do a factory recovery?

Most of the time when you do a OEM factory recovery from your recovery partition, it includes the product key number with it and is usually already activated or can be activated right away.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hmm thanks for all the tips. I'm going to call the company tomorrow and ask if they might have it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo 2.40Gh'z
    Memory
    300gb
    Graphics card(s)
    9600m GT
    Screen Resolution
    1650+1050
I called them up... They told me I just had to buy a new one, which is lame! I'm gonna try using the reinstallation cd again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo 2.40Gh'z
    Memory
    300gb
    Graphics card(s)
    9600m GT
    Screen Resolution
    1650+1050
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