Once again, thank you for replying so quickly. I will try what you have
giving me to do. I appreciate the help, as this whole experience has been a
very frustrating and bumpy trail of Windows Vista not playing nice with
most of my other programs.

--
bjg3117


"Gary Mount" wrote:

> If you don't know where your "license" for the upgrade is, then...
> From Microsoft...
> "A personal digital locker is created for you when you purchase a Windows
> Vista upgrade. Your digital locker stores your product keys and purchase
> information which, when used together, allow you to reinstall your upgrade
> if necessary. A copy of your upgrade is also stored in your digital locker.
>
> To access your upgrade in your digital locker for recovery:
>
> Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the digital locker
> icon. Alternatively, you can go directly to the Digital Locker website.
> "
> https://digitallocker.windowsmarketp...spx?limode=wau
>
>
>
> "Mousesurfer" <Mousesurfer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:24D7EDCA-BA78-4AF5-8CA1-2BCC24801D97@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for replying to my email
> >
> > Sorry, I am not familiar with this online digital locker your referring
> > to,
> > and that's part of the problem is not knowing my product key # for the -
> > Windows Anytime upgrade (I know it for the Home Premium, but not for the
> > Windows Anytime). How do I go about do that?
> > --
> > bjg3117
> >
> >
> > "Gary Mount" wrote:
> >
> >> Use the Phone in method to activate your copy.
> >> My experience is similar to yours. I upgraded from Home Premium to
> >> Ultimate
> >> and had a system failure some weeks later and had to reinstall.
> >> I could not activate my re installed version automatically via the
> >> Internet.
> >> I had reinstalled to a different hard drive from my first activated
> >> install.
> >> Instead of phoning in to activate, I reinstalled Ultimate but installed
> >> to
> >> the same drive the first activated version had been installed on.
> >> The activation went through without having to use the phone method.
> >> Anyway, the phone in method will work.
> >>
> >> I am assuming you used your anytime upgrade license key to reinstall the
> >> upgrade.
> >> If you did not, then you can go to your online digital locker and recover
> >> your anytime upgrade license key to reinstall your upgrade.
> >>
> >> "Mousesurfer" <Mousesurfer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:191CF454-5C19-4DB6-A22D-16F35AF2017A@microsoft.com...
> >> > I purchased from Staples (07/05/2007) the Windows Anytime Upgrade disc
> >> > to
> >> > go
> >> > from; Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows Vista Ultimate. (This was
> >> > all
> >> > from from a complete witch over from Windows XP to begin with as I
> >> > bought
> >> > a
> >> > new computer system. Which, quite truthfully has been nothing but
> >> > frustrating
> >> > and headaches right from the beginning).
> >> >
> >> > My computer crashed. I re-installed HP Recovery Disc & Windows Anytime
> >> > Discs
> >> > - all seemed well. Then it started telling me I needed to - "Activate
> >> > Windows
> >> > in so many days or it would (I believe it said) become inactive? Which
> >> > it
> >> > did.....I'm now back to just Windows Home Premium.
> >> >
> >> > Does this mean I have to fork out more money? and I guess and can't
> >> > even
> >> > just get the upgrade this time around can I? because I'm already on the
> >> > Home
> >> > Premium?
> >> > I need help please!!!! I fairly new at all this. I'm not a computer
> >> > tech,
> >> > just a someone that has a homebased computer.
> >> > --
> >> > bjg3117
> >>
> >>
>