Vista Product Key

[Guest]

Hey.
Just downloaded the pre RC1, but I dont have my product key any more. Is
there any way to get it back? Or does somebody have an extra one they
wouldn't mind letting me use?

 

[Guest]

Where do you find the product key?
Can you just use the same one you used for Beta 2?

 

[Mike Bernstein]

No-one will let you have a product key in a newsgroup. If you have lost the
one from the Beta 2 program and do not have an MSDN operating systems
subscription minimum, you will not be able to install the Pre-RC1. Wait for
the RC1.

Mike Bernstein

 

[Guest]

So if you do have a Produckt Key from Beta 2, it WILL work with the Pre-RC1?

 

[Mike Bernstein]

Yes

Mike Bernstein

So if you do have a Produckt Key from Beta 2, it WILL work with the
Pre-RC1?

 

[Guest]

I have a product key (which I received when I downloaded RC1) and just tried
to install RC1 but it won't accept my product key...what do I do then?
thanks, raza

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Install without it, just click 'next' at the Product Key screen. You get 30
days without it to try the software out. As it's a beta, you should only be
running it as a test OS anyways. The alternative is to wait for the public
release of Windows Vista, which has already reached the stage of final
code.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[joseph2k]

Hi,

Install without it, just click 'next' at the Product Key screen. You get
30 days without it to try the software out. As it's a beta, you should
only be running it as a test OS anyways. The alternative is to wait for
the public
release of Windows Vista, which has already reached the stage of final
code.

OK then. It is official, i will not recommend any use of Vista (especially
64-bit) except experimentally until at least SP1.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

I'd just format and reinstall clean. Watch the characters in the Product
Key.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org