

Trying to Activate thru the Automated Voice will not work, in your case, only thru the Live Activation Rep will your Activation be successful. This should force the Automated Voice to transfer you to a Live Activation Rep. If the Automated Voice gives you an option to talk to a Live Activation Rep, select that option.

NOTE: when you call that number, you will first hear an Automated Voice that will try to Activate Vista for you. (If you Do Not access to the start button)ġ) Click the option Access computer with reduced functionalityĢ) A Browser will open, type: %windir%\system32 into the address fieldĤ) Right Click on the cmd.exe and select Run as AdministratorĢ) Type: slui.exe 3 and hit the Enter keyģ) Type in the Product key from the sticker on your computerĥ) You will be asked if want to Activate, click okĦ) It will attempt to Activate by the internet and will return an Invalid Key error (this is ok, continue to step 7)Ĩ) Type: slui.exe 4 and hit the Enter keyĩ) Select your location in the drop down menu and click the Next buttonġ0) The next screen provides the number to call to Activate by Phone If the first set of steps does not resolve, move on to the next set of steps.ģ) At the top the Start window, you will see cmd.exeĤ) Right Click cmd.exe and select Run as Administratorĥ) Type: cscript %windir%\System32\slmgr.vbs /ilc %windir%\System32\licensing\ppdlic\Security-Licensing-SLC-ppdlic.xrm-ms If that does not resolve your issue, please follow the steps below. Please follow the resolution portion of the doc. OK, so Vista is asking you to Activate and is telling you that you only have 14 days left to do so? If so, there is a Support Doc: " You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License or OEM installation" at EN-US 931573 That I beleive is specific to your issue. So hence, i am lost and with 14 days to activate the software.

Windows Product Key Hash: W7I5PeTN2iJuvTTU9QmIXc6iQqY=
