How do you activate a clean Vista upgrade install?

[gigahertz20]

I purchased Windows XP last year from Newegg and it came with an Upgrade Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I formatted my computer to wipe my entire hard drive and installed Vista Home Premium yesterday. I didn't feel like installing Windows XP then installing Vista over top. I wanted to do a clean install. I did not enter the Vista key during installation or activate anything because I read that you can do a clean install with a Vista upgrade disc at several websites like,

http://thevistaforums.com/inde...om=ineo&showarticle=37

http://www.thevistatweaks.com/...ng-vista-upgrade-disk/

But the steps from the websites above did not work to activate my Vista upgrade disc, I'm assuming Microsoft fixed this which is why this process didn't work for me.


Do any of you guys know another way to activate a Windows Vista upgrade disc if you performed a clean install like I did?


I guess my last resort can be to go to a torrent site and download a crack to activate it, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.

I wonder if calling MS support and telling them I have just spent hours downloading and installing drivers/software/updates and now I'm not able to activate my Vista upgrade disc becuase I didn't install it over Windows XP would make them allow me to activate it?

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: gigahertz20
I purchased Windows XP last year from Newegg and it came with an Upgrade Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I formatted my computer to wipe my entire hard drive and installed Vista Home Premium yesterday. I didn't feel like installing Windows XP then installing Vista over top. I wanted to do a clean install. I did not enter the Vista key during installation or activate anything because I read that you can do a clean install with a Vista upgrade disc at several websites like,

http://thevistaforums.com/inde...om=ineo&showarticle=37

http://www.thevistatweaks.com/...ng-vista-upgrade-disk/

But the steps from the websites above did not work to activate my Vista upgrade disc, I'm assuming Microsoft fixed this which is why this process didn't work for me.


Do any of you guys know another way to activate a Windows Vista upgrade disc if you performed a clean install like I did?


I guess my last resort can be to go to a torrent site and download a crack to activate it, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.

I wonder if calling MS support and telling them I have just spent hours downloading and installing drivers/software/updates and now I'm not able to activate my Vista upgrade disc becuase I didn't install it over Windows XP would make them allow me to activate it?

You're talking about piracy and expecting help here!?

 

[oynaz]

No he isn't. Read the post, man!

@OP
Why not give Microsoft a call and explain?

 

[mrblotto]

I would just install XP and do the upgrade. Not worth wasting your time monkeying around with it..........

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: gigahertz20
I purchased Windows XP last year from Newegg and it came with an Upgrade Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I formatted my computer to wipe my entire hard drive and installed Vista Home Premium yesterday. I didn't feel like installing Windows XP then installing Vista over top. I wanted to do a clean install. I did not enter the Vista key during installation or activate anything because I read that you can do a clean install with a Vista upgrade disc at several websites like,

http://thevistaforums.com/inde...om=ineo&showarticle=37

http://www.thevistatweaks.com/...ng-vista-upgrade-disk/

But the steps from the websites above did not work to activate my Vista upgrade disc, I'm assuming Microsoft fixed this which is why this process didn't work for me.


Do any of you guys know another way to activate a Windows Vista upgrade disc if you performed a clean install like I did?


I guess my last resort can be to go to a torrent site and download a crack to activate it, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.

I wonder if calling MS support and telling them I have just spent hours downloading and installing drivers/software/updates and now I'm not able to activate my Vista upgrade disc becuase I didn't install it over Windows XP would make them allow me to activate it?

You're talking about piracy and expecting help here!?

He never mentioned anything at all illegal. He just didnt want to go through the muckety muck of install XP and then immediately upgrading.

 

[gigahertz20]

Originally posted by: mrblotto
I would just install XP and do the upgrade. Not worth wasting your time monkeying around with it..........

Yeah but I just installed Vista with all my software, updates, downloads....it took hours to do this. No way will I install my old Windows XP and lose everything just to install Vista again.

 

[gigahertz20]

Originally posted by: oynaz
No he isn't. Read the post, man!

@OP
Why not give Microsoft a call and explain?

Yeah I called them a few times last night but the first time I got this Indian guy, I couldn't understand him and he ended up hanging up on me or something because the call just ended.


Going to call them again right now and see if they can help me. *Crosses Fingers*

 

[Old Hippie]

Coupla' points to ponder;

1. If MS allowed this, there would have been no need for a hack/fix to turn a Vista Upgrade into a standalone Vista install.

2. There's @ 100.00 difference between the upgrade and standalone versions.

3. You are so special that you don't hafta follow the guidelines because.............

4. If they do it for you, they'll hafta do it for everybody else?

Good Luck!

Edit;

I just wanted to add....

I guess my last resort can be to go to a torrent site and download a crack to activate it, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.

If ya do resort to this, don't come back and talk about it.