| Re: Vista Ultimate deactivated after BIOS and drivers update Thanks. I'll do that.
- racesurg
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
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> 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.
>
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
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> "racesurg" wrote:
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> 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.
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