To activate Windows Vista over the telephone, follow these steps:. Click Use the automated telephone system in the Windows Activation Wizard. On rare occasions, you may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer that did not previously require Windows Vista activation or was already activated successfully. For example, this may occur on a computer where Windows Vista was preinstalled by an OEM or Volume Licensing installation and major hardware changes have occurred, such as upgrading the hard disk and memory at the same time.
If you are prompted to reactivate Windows Vista, you can do so by using the Windows Activation Wizard:. To prevent this problem in the future, you should obtain the latest service pack for your installed version of Windows Vista, either through automatic updates or direct download. To update Windows Vista and prevent this Activation problem from reoccurring:. As soon as Windows Vista has found the updates, click the Install updates button.
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To ensure your product key is genuine, see How to tell your software is genuine and How to tell your hardware is genuine. For info about how to tell if your copy of Windows is genuine Microsoft software, see the How to tell page. For more Windows 11 download info, see Download Windows For more Windows 10 download info, see Download Windows If you need installation media to install or reinstall Windows, see Create installation media for Windows to learn how to create your own installation media using either a USB flash drive or a DVD.
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Bill Smithers Volunteer Moderator. You can not use another Computer Manufacturer's Recovery disk to reinstall on yours. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.
And phone Activation may be required when using the above clean install Method. In reply to Bill Smithers's post on October 31, Hey Bill! Thank you so much for your info! I already tried doing this!
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