Manually change Vista Product Key

Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key in
system properties it does nothing!

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"RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key in
> system properties it does nothing!
>
> --
> RCE Defiant


http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx

Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.

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And you were changing the PK on Vista (Torrent Species) to do what exactly?
I'm not judging just curious as to what you wanted to accomplish.

CH


"RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4v4lt0F1b406rU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key
>> in system properties it does nothing!
>>
>> --
>> RCE Defiant
>
>
> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx
>
> Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.
>
> --
> RCE Defiant

(Torrent Species) and not judging in the same post, me thinks you were
judging.

I have had the same problem as the thread starter, in that having installed
Vista without a key (default 30 day key), I then wanted to allocate my key
to it. The change product key link in the relevant place was dead for me and
I took a little while to find the .exe in the system32 folder in order to
enter my product key.

I can't speak for RCE Defiant, but I was trying to accomplish activation,
perhaps RCE was too.

Colin T
"Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
news:eLSOAytJHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> RCE--
>
> And you were changing the PK on Vista (Torrent Species) to do what
> exactly? I'm not judging just curious as to what you wanted to accomplish.
>
> CH
>
>
> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4v4mj0F1ac4boU1@mid.individual.net...
>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:4v4lt0F1b406rU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key
>>> in system properties it does nothing!
>>>
>>> --
>>> RCE Defiant
>>
>>
>> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx
>>
>> Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.
>>
>> --
>> RCE Defiant
>

"Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
news:eLSOAytJHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> RCE--
>
> And you were changing the PK on Vista (Torrent Species) to do what
> exactly? I'm not judging just curious as to what you wanted to accomplish.
>
> CH
>
>
> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4v4mj0F1ac4boU1@mid.individual.net...
>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:4v4lt0F1b406rU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key
>>> in system properties it does nothing!
>>>
>>> --
>>> RCE Defiant
>>
>>
>> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx
>>
>> Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.
>>
>> --
>> RCE Defiant
>


I upgraded an install of our VLK XP to Vista but the KMS key we got for
Vista isn't the same as our XP key so I needed to change to the KMS key to
activate. Problem was though that the change product key link doesn't work
right so I needed the vbs stuff for that.

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RCE Defiant

<Colin Thompson> wrote in message
news:uW0MV5tJHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> (Torrent Species) and not judging in the same post, me thinks you were
> judging.
>
> I have had the same problem as the thread starter, in that having
> installed Vista without a key (default 30 day key), I then wanted to
> allocate my key to it. The change product key link in the relevant place
> was dead for me and I took a little while to find the .exe in the system32
> folder in order to enter my product key.
>
> I can't speak for RCE Defiant, but I was trying to accomplish activation,
> perhaps RCE was too.
>
> Colin T
> "Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
> news:eLSOAytJHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> RCE--
>>
>> And you were changing the PK on Vista (Torrent Species) to do what
>> exactly? I'm not judging just curious as to what you wanted to
>> accomplish.
>>
>> CH
>>
>>
>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:4v4mj0F1ac4boU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:4v4lt0F1b406rU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key
>>>> in system properties it does nothing!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> RCE Defiant
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx
>>>
>>> Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.
>>>
>>> --
>>> RCE Defiant
>>
>


Indeed, that other dudes jaded man!

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RCE Defiant

Call me simple but I'd go straight to the Volume Licensing vendor and get
them to provide you with the key or whatever you paid for to solve that
problem. You paid someone for the Volume Licensing; why not make them
deliver what you paid for?

Or did it come from a company that you're not working with now?

CH

"RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4v5r4eF1a2iecU1@mid.individual.net...
> "Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
> news:eLSOAytJHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> RCE--
>>
>> And you were changing the PK on Vista (Torrent Species) to do what
>> exactly? I'm not judging just curious as to what you wanted to
>> accomplish.
>>
>> CH
>>
>>
>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:4v4mj0F1ac4boU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:4v4lt0F1b406rU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key
>>>> in system properties it does nothing!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> RCE Defiant
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx
>>>
>>> Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.
>>>
>>> --
>>> RCE Defiant
>>
>
>
> I upgraded an install of our VLK XP to Vista but the KMS key we got for
> Vista isn't the same as our XP key so I needed to change to the KMS key to
> activate. Problem was though that the change product key link doesn't
> work right so I needed the vbs stuff for that.
>
> --
> RCE Defiant

"Indeed, that other dudes jaded man!"

Every kid being left behind in Bush's Amerika.

And how did changing the PK work as to activation success?

CH


"RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4v5r4eF1a2iecU1@mid.individual.net...
> "Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
> news:eLSOAytJHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> RCE--
>>
>> And you were changing the PK on Vista (Torrent Species) to do what
>> exactly? I'm not judging just curious as to what you wanted to
>> accomplish.
>>
>> CH
>>
>>
>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:4v4mj0F1ac4boU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:4v4lt0F1b406rU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key
>>>> in system properties it does nothing!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> RCE Defiant
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx
>>>
>>> Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.
>>>
>>> --
>>> RCE Defiant
>>
>
>
> I upgraded an install of our VLK XP to Vista but the KMS key we got for
> Vista isn't the same as our XP key so I needed to change to the KMS key to
> activate. Problem was though that the change product key link doesn't
> work right so I needed the vbs stuff for that.
>
> --
> RCE Defiant

You cannot use the Change Product Key button unless a product key has
already been entered. To enter the initial product key, click Activate.

<Colin Thompson> wrote in message
news:uW0MV5tJHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> (Torrent Species) and not judging in the same post, me thinks you were
> judging.
>
> I have had the same problem as the thread starter, in that having
> installed Vista without a key (default 30 day key), I then wanted to
> allocate my key to it. The change product key link in the relevant place
> was dead for me and I took a little while to find the .exe in the system32
> folder in order to enter my product key.
>
> I can't speak for RCE Defiant, but I was trying to accomplish activation,
> perhaps RCE was too.
>
> Colin T
> "Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
> news:eLSOAytJHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> RCE--
>>
>> And you were changing the PK on Vista (Torrent Species) to do what
>> exactly? I'm not judging just curious as to what you wanted to
>> accomplish.
>>
>> CH
>>
>>
>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:4v4mj0F1ac4boU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:4v4lt0F1b406rU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change key
>>>> in system properties it does nothing!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> RCE Defiant
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx
>>>
>>> Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.
>>>
>>> --
>>> RCE Defiant
>>
>

"Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
news:OLs0z2uJHHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "Indeed, that other dudes jaded man!"
>
> Every kid being left behind in Bush's Amerika.
>
> And how did changing the PK work as to activation success?
>
> CH
>
>
> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4v5r4eF1a2iecU1@mid.individual.net...
>> "Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
>> news:eLSOAytJHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> RCE--
>>>
>>> And you were changing the PK on Vista (Torrent Species) to do what
>>> exactly? I'm not judging just curious as to what you wanted to
>>> accomplish.
>>>
>>> CH
>>>
>>>
>>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:4v4mj0F1ac4boU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukstones@hcoldotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:4v4lt0F1b406rU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> Anyone know how to do this. Don't know why but when I click change
>>>>> key in system properties it does nothing!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> RCE Defiant
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tweakvista.com/article39026.aspx
>>>>
>>>> Answer to my own q for anyone who's interested.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> RCE Defiant
>>>
>>
>>
>> I upgraded an install of our VLK XP to Vista but the KMS key we got for
>> Vista isn't the same as our XP key so I needed to change to the KMS key
>> to activate. Problem was though that the change product key link doesn't
>> work right so I needed the vbs stuff for that.
>>
>> --
>> RCE Defiant
>


Worked first time.

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