Bought Vista on Ebay and won't activate

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I asked in a question earlier if there was a way to contact MS about the
number of activations on a key for vista. The reason I was asking is that a
person on ebay sold me and open copy of vista ultimate. In the auction, it
said the product had been opened but never activated. Then he used my money
(in part) to buy a solid state laptop hard drive. That really pissed me
off, so I was going to see if I could get proof of an earlier activation on
the poduct he sold me. That way, I could file a claim as an item
signifigantly not as described for this copy of vista. I know I shouldn't
have bought an open box, but that is what you get for being me I guess.
 
The only way to find out is to install it, and try and Activate it.
If it says the Key is already in use, take the phone option, and explain to
MS your problem.

If it was an OEM disk, it is tied to the original computer.
One licence, one install on a computer, for the life of that computer.

If a Retail disk, it can be installed on a different computer, but, only
1(one) computer at a time.
One licence, one install at a time.
 
nsharazer said:
I asked in a question earlier if there was a way to contact MS about the
number of activations on a key for vista.
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There isn't.

The reason I was asking is
that a person on ebay sold me and open copy of vista ultimate. In the
auction, it said the product had been opened but never activated. Then
he used my money (in part) to buy a solid state laptop hard drive. That
really pissed me off, so I was going to see if I could get proof of an
earlier activation on the poduct he sold me. That way, I could file a
claim as an item signifigantly not as described for this copy of vista.
I know I shouldn't have bought an open box, but that is what you get for
being me I guess.
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Getting a legitimate license of any kind from eBay is something of
a crap shoot. One should be very careful buying any software on eBay,
as eBay makes no prior effort to ensure that such sales are legitimate.
The problems stem from two completely different sources, but have the
same results: the buyer gets ripped off. A great many people don't fully
understand the terms of the license they own, and don't understand that
they cannot legitimately resell it, and - worse still - there are a
great many sellers who do know that they're selling bogus licenses. eBay
reacts only when someone files a complaint, and then all that really
happens, especially in the case of the many deliberate fraudsters, is
the seller of the pirated software returns using a different alias, to
continue selling illegitimate licenses.


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Mick said:
The only way to find out is to install it, and try and Activate it.
If it says the Key is already in use, take the phone option, and explain to
MS your problem.

If it was an OEM disk, it is tied to the original computer.
One licence, one install on a computer, for the life of that computer.
Click to expand...


Well, that's not quite accurate, Mick. Yes, an OEM license may be
installed only on one computer, and is permanently bound to that first
computer on which it has been installed, but it can be reinstalled an
unlimited number of times, on that same computer.




--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
 
Call M/S & see what they say, you can't get any more screwed than you are
now and, if they reject your request that gives you ammunition against the
seller just in case it matters.
 
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