A while back I moved my Gateway machine from Vista Home Premium x32 to Win 7 Home Premium x64. The Win 7 OS was purchased from a well known software distribution outlet to save money, and was a Dell OEM x64 bit version. The clean install went Ok, but the product key included with the disc would not validate. I called the vendor and they provided a new product key, which did validate. About seven months went by with no problems, then after the second to last MS update, I received an error after booting stating my copy of windows was not valid.

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Again I contacted the vender, and they supplied a third product key, but told me I might have to validate by phone. This didn't work, the third key they had given me was an invalid key as well!

I ended up with MS tech support and after forty five minutes later and granting them control of my PC, the tech provided a working product key, but was reluctant to give me the key! If I call the vender, I'm sure they will supply another key, but now I'm using a MS supplied key that I don't have access to.

What do I do now? Thanks for any advice! Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments! OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350 Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards Sound Card on motherboard Monitor(s) Displays 19' flat scr, 28' I-Inc widescr,22' Emprex Widescr, 23' Acer Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080.

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Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere! I don't think a retail software company should be selling Dell OEM disks.

These are meant for Dell to distribute. What did MS say about this? The normal procedure if you buy a legitimate retail disk with key on COA and it fails to activate is that MS Customer Service validates the key then opens a Support case to get it activated one way or another. I would go back to MS Customer Service and explain the situation, including exactly what disk you were sold, and if they will pass validation on the key they will get it activated according to policy.

If not, I would insist your vendor sell you a sealed boxed retail copy of Win7 which does not include Dell OEM disks that I have ever seen. Maybe someone else knows if this is legit. As stated in my opening post, the problem so far, has been rectified, as Microsoft has issued a verified registration key. I doubt the vender would have directed me to call Microsoft, in the event of any problem with the new registration key they were sending me, If they were worried about their software business practices.

When I called the vender, they explained they had been having problems with some of their Registration keys verifying automatically since a recent Windows update, and that I would most likely have to register by phone. I don't know if you only get so many chances to 'Auto Verify?' (by typing registration key in) and verifying over the web, but after several attempts with no luck, and after trying to verify the last key received, by phone verification, my choice of options narrowed on the verification wizard and I had no choice but to call Microsoft for help with my verification. Pic16f628a Serial Programmer.

A Microsoft Tech Opened a case file and over the course of forty five minutes, tried to verify the new key I received as well as the old key that had been working before the updates with no luck. I then ask if I needed to re contact my vender to resolve this problem and was put on hold, a few minutes later the tech came back on the line and told me to stand by while he then typed a working registration key into my PC and tested that it verified correctly on my machine! That did the trick and he closed the session. When I ask him for the registration key, he told me I could contact Microsoft anytime for help with verification. I explained that in the event I had to go through this again, I would really rather try to re verify myself first rather than spend an hour on the phone, he reluctantly gave the number, but I somehow missed the last character!

My thoughts are, since this key was supplied by Microsoft, If I can locate it within the machine, I'm good. I have not had time to try 'Magical Jelly Bean' yet, but I'm hoping one of these programs works, as calls to Microsoft can be trying on one patience!! Similar help and support threads Thread Forum Morning, Anyone who has had input on my other recent threads regarding random crashing will know the hell I have been going through. I've now followed some advice to do yet another reinstall. I had probably done 3 or 4 before I joined this forum and I was loathed to do another.

Windows Updates & Activation Right, I've a bit of a problem that's perplexing me. I was given an Acer One to 'fix' as it was running slow, it was full of Acer bloatware and was mind-numbingly slow. I ended up reinstalling Windows 7 Starter (SP1) which went well but couldn't install updates for the life of me. Windows Updates & Activation About a month ago I built my first PC and had some BSOD issues which I am getting help with on this forum. We decided it was a good idea to try a clean reinstall of Win7. So I did and now I have tried to enter my product key again and it tells me that the product key is not valid.

I did check and. Windows Updates & Activation Hello, On hindsight this is not as simple as I first thought so bear with me. Originally I bought Windows 7 Ultimate at a reduced price for pre-order even thouggh I knew at the time I didn't have a machine to run it.

I recently acquired a nice machine from a friend with SSD's and as. Installation & Setup Hi, I wanted to do a clean install so I wiped my Hard drive. Now when I go and install W7 I get up to the last part of installation where it asks me for my product key, I enter it but it says its not valid. I bought W7 Pro off of the Microsoft website where it gave me and ISO to download and. Installation & Setup Our Sites Site Links About Us Find Us • • • • • • •.

I see here that many people are having the same problem I have. Today, October 22nd, I purchased Windows 7 home premium family pack for upgrading 3 PCs from Costco. Everything went smooth until the install requested the Product Key. I typed in the product key and it is 'not valid.' After reentering it 3 or 4 times I called MS support. After finally getting a warm body who spoke broken English I was given a 2nd number to call.

After calling the 2nd number and getting a warm body who spoke broken English I was given a 3rd number to call. After calling the 3rd number and getting a warm body who spoke broken English I was told I had to wait a couple of days and try again because MS didn't have all the Product Keys entered into their database yet. How totally lame! If the problem still exists after 2 days I will return Windows 7 back to Costco for a refund. It looks like Vista all over again.