hi,

I have home premium 32bit oem and i have just updated my bios. now Windows
is asking for it to be activated but as i've already used my cd key it thinks
im installing it on a different computer and it is telling my to buy a new
copy which i cant afford. what do i do?

Start the activation process, and when given the option, agree to activate
by phone.. follow the directions on your screen.. when asked why you are
re-activating, tell the rep that you upgraded the BIOS on your machine..
your installation will be re-activated..


"mattman" <mattman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37B68415-D856-40A0-858F-1E624AA839F8@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> hi,
>
> I have home premium 32bit oem and i have just updated my bios. now Windows
> is asking for it to be activated but as i've already used my cd key it
> thinks
> im installing it on a different computer and it is telling my to buy a new
> copy which i cant afford. what do i do?[/color]

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
[url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]

Make the phone call and explain what you did.

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Richard Urban
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If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"mattman" <mattman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37B68415-D856-40A0-858F-1E624AA839F8@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> hi,
>
> I have home premium 32bit oem and i have just updated my bios. now Windows
> is asking for it to be activated but as i've already used my cd key it
> thinks
> im installing it on a different computer and it is telling my to buy a new
> copy which i cant afford. what do i do?[/color]