Thanks Carey, it worked. But I am still not sure why I had to re-activate
the OS when it has been installed for months and no hardware changes at all,
just the updates applied this morning. Thanks for the info and help.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> You can get started with phone activation by typing "slui.exe 4"
> in the search field in the Start Menu and pressing Enter.
> The phone activation process takes about 6 minutes.
>
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
>
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> "Michael" wrote:
>
> This morning there were 2 updates applied to my Vista Ultimate and now I am
> getting a hardware change notification and am being required to re-activate
> my product. It is suppose to expire in 2 days. When I try to re-activate, I
> get "Product ID already in use", and it suggest I purchase another Key code.
> I did not change any hardware on my pc.
>
> processor - AMD 4200+ dual core
> mobo - ASUS A8NE
> RAM - 2gigs
> Video - XFX GeForce7800GT Express
> HDD #1 - Maxtor 74 gig Raptor @ 10,000 rpm
> HDD #2 - Maxtor 250 gig @ 7800 rpm
>