"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
news:u%23Yr4sE5HHA.4676@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> "racesurg" <racesurg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93625B99-BCF4-40F6-8C47-4BAC3198AA38@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>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.[/color]
>
> Interesting. Where did you get your computer from?
>[/color]

Forget that, I realised that you got your Ultimate key from the update
thingy.

ss.