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    help! windows wnt activate after fresh installation

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Bailey, Aug 9, 2007.

  1. Bailey

    Bailey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just did a fresh install of Vista Home Premium on my dv6000t...but now when I try to activate Vista online, it's telling me the Product Key is invalid! Is it absolutely necessary? If so, how do I fix this?
     
    Bailey, Aug 9, 2007
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  2. R4000

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    Ideally you should have backed up the oem activation key as per this thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=120228

    Since it is now lost, you will have to call MS to activate when prompted. The key on the os label was not the one HP used to activate it with originally (they use their own).
     
    R4000, Aug 9, 2007
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  3. Bailey

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    oh well...thanks much for the info
     
    Bailey, Aug 9, 2007
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    Even KEY won't help... I have reinstalled the system and they say need to call to activate. KEY is here...
     
    suland, Aug 9, 2007
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    Odd, it worked for me without a problem. Did you change any hardware?
     
    R4000, Aug 9, 2007
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    I did replace the HDD, but it did not bother me to ring them :)
     
    suland, Aug 9, 2007
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    You can always do the full system restore, then run my backup tools. That should allow you to get the activation and the correct key.
     
    orev, Aug 10, 2007
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