activation problem after reinstall Kyle 7/11/2007 7:48:02 PM I reformated and reinstalled vista yesterday and when I tried to activate online again a message popped up saying "The product key you typed is already in use". I didn't make any hardware changes. I tried using the automated phone system to activate, but it fails as well. It says it will connect me to a human but it keeps disconnecting me. How do I reactivate?

Re: activation problem after reinstall "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch[ at ]nospamgmail.com> 7/11/2007 9:22:06 PM Call (866) 234-6020 and explain your issue to a Microsoft support specialist. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User ---------------------------------------------------------------------------­----- "Kyle" wrote: I reformated and reinstalled vista yesterday and when I tried to activate online again a message popped up saying "The product key you typed is already in use". I didn't make any hardware changes. I tried using the automated phone system to activate, but it fails as well. It says it will connect me to a human but it keeps disconnecting me. How do I reactivate?

Re: activation problem after reinstall "Andrew McLaren" <andrew[ at ]fakeaddress.com> 7/12/2007 12:13:41 AM "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch[ at ]nospamgmail.com> wrote ... [Quoted Text] > Call (866) 234-6020 and explain your issue to a Microsoft support > specialist. Minor pedantic correction ... that phone number only applies in the USA (and maybe, Canada?) When you get the "already in use" error in Windows, follow the links in the dialogue to get the right phone number for your region. Hope it helps ... -- Andrew McLaren amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au