You can get started with phone activation by typing "slui.exe 4"
(w/o the quotes) in the Start Search box in the Start Menu and pressing
Enter.
The phone activation process takes about 6 minutes.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"racesurg" wrote:

I have an MSI S420 Core2Duo 1.83Ghz laptop w/ 1gig DDR2, 80gig SATA HDD, ATI
Radeon Xpress 200M, and originally came w/ XP Home Premium. I updated it to
Vista Ultimate and activated it online, only to find out that I would trouble
with the Radeon and the SATA HDD drivers. MSI Tech Support advised me to
update my BIOS by flashing with newer one on their site so I did. Indeed the
BIOS update corrected my driver problems, and I was also able to update
drivers thru Windows update. But later I was surprised to receive a notice
that I have to reactivate Windows because my "hardware has changed". I tried
reactivating online and was really troubled when a window appeared telling me
that my product key is already in use. Whoa! What's the best way to proceed
with this problem. I certainly do not want to spend another small fortune for
a new product key. Thanks.