

- #WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY HOW TO#
- #WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY UPGRADE#
- #WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY FULL#
- #WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY SOFTWARE#
- #WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY WINDOWS 7#
(8) type: slui.exe 4 and press the Enter key (6) it will attempt to activate over the Internet and will return an error of invalid key (it of ok, go to step 7) (5) you will be asked if want to enable, click ok (3) enter the product key from the sticker on your computer (2) type: slui.exe 3 and press the Enter key now HP tells me I pay $ 130 move to 7 since vista is old. I had to do a system restore a few weeks, now I start and get the message "the windows vista product key you typed is invalid for activation" but he worked for 4 years.
#WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY UPGRADE#
If you prefer to do an upgrade, and then start Windows and start the installer from there, choose the upgrade option.Īfter the system restore, I get "windows vista product key you typed is invalid for activation. If you want to do an installation clean (which I recommend), simply to boot from the DVD and the installation and use the custom option.
#WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY FULL#
You can do an upgrade installation with a full license of Windows - or a clean installation - no problem.
#WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY WINDOWS 7#
This link takes me to a full retail for WIndows 7 package, which means you should have disks of Windows 7 right at your fingertips. What can I do? Is it possible for me to just use the windows 7 one? I type in the product key windows 7 and it's not accept it. Thus, Windows Vista requires a product key, but because I couldn't find one, I had a windows 7 one. I even restarted my computer twice to be sure that all "stuck". Once I typed the key * correctly * everything was fine. So, after all the time that I spent to fight with this problem and check and recheck the product key, it seems I should actually check the prescription of glasses - I was confused with a 'B' for '8 '.
#WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY HOW TO#
Please check your product key, and then type it again. "I checked the key and spruced up and got the same message.Ĭan someone help me please understand what is the problem and how to fix it? Or at least provide a way to talk to a living person as the "Contact Microsoft to help solve this problem" option in my head of activation window me to a page that had me trying to activate, which opened in the same window that I had already opened. It follows with the options: "Buy a new product key online", "Type a different product key" or "Contact Microsoft to help solve this problem." I chose the second option, using the product key on the bottom of our machine and got the message "the product key you entered is not a valid Windows Vista product key. When I do, before I even get to a place to enter the activation key, the box that opens shows "Windows Vista home premium product key you typed is invalid for activation". I called our repair guy and he said that happens sometimes with a re - install. Then this morning when I started the computer upwards the lower right got the message: "Windows Vista (TM) Build 6002 this copy of Windows is not genuine". In the meantime our wallpaper would disappear anytime we stop or restart the machine. I was hesitant to click on it until I could talk with our guys from the computer. We started getting a pop up notice to activate Windows. The laptop worked great since then (several weeks) until the end of last week. We recently had to take in our repair guy and he re-installed Windows Vista for us. SLMgr.vbs script can be used to identify and verify the activation status or license status of installed Windows Vista.We've had this laptop for about 3 years now.
#WINDOWS VISTA ACTIVATION KEY SOFTWARE#
On “View basic information about your computer” page, scroll down to bottom, and Windows activation status is listed under “Windows activation” status.īeside, Windows Vista also equipped with a Software Licensing Manager (SLMgr) command-line based scripting tool to manage license product key and product activation. Users can simply right click on “Computer” on “Start Menu”, and then click on “Properties” on the right click context menu. To check the Windows Vista activation status is easy. Thus it’s very important to check and verify the activation status of Windows Vista to ensure that the system is indeed already activated, especially on some Windows Vista installation that requires repetitive activation token, such as those linked to KMS server. Windows Vista has strict product activation scheme, which will dumb the system into Reduced Functionality Mode (removed in Service Pack 1 with black desktop experience) if one doesn’t activate the system without 30 days or was detected or validated as non-genuine.
