activation key, can enter only numbers but not letters??

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Last week, I downloaded from microsoft ms vista and got an activation key.
After I burned the download to a DVD, I started the installation from the DVD.

But when I get to the point where I'm asked to enter the installation key, I
can only numbers but no letters. Hence I can not enter the activation key,
which contains both numbers and letters.

This happens for both 32 versions of vista, the English and the German one.

Thanks in advance, Gerhard
 
Ðave said:
Have you tried copying and pasting the activation code into the boxes?
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How does one "copy and paste" anything without an OS installed?

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It worked. I was doing a clean install of vista. But it was a dual boot on a
second hard drive, with XP pro on the first hard drive. Before starting the
vista install, I copied the key. It worked, I could paste it during the vista
installation. Thanks Dave,
Gerhard
 
Gerhard said:
Last week, I downloaded from microsoft ms vista and got an activation key.
After I burned the download to a DVD, I started the installation from the
DVD.

But when I get to the point where I'm asked to enter the installation key,
I
can only numbers but no letters. Hence I can not enter the activation key,
which contains both numbers and letters.

This happens for both 32 versions of vista, the English and the German
one.

Thanks in advance, Gerhard
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Have you tried copying and pasting the activation code into the boxes?
 
Bruce Chambers said:
How does one "copy and paste" anything without an OS installed?
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I must have missed the part where he said he was doing a clean install
rather than an upgrade or install onto a second partition
 
Gerhard said:
It worked. I was doing a clean install of vista. But it was a dual boot on
a
second hard drive, with XP pro on the first hard drive. Before starting
the
vista install, I copied the key. It worked, I could paste it during the
vista
installation. Thanks Dave,
Gerhard
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No problem
 
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