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I have a laptop that's been acting up. (see here for details)
I'm hoping it doesn't come to this, but I may end up reinstalling Vista on it and was wondering what the procedure was for re-entering the license key. If I register the laptop again will Microsoft's online system squawk because the key has been used before? Do I need to call their installation 800 number and explain things? Hard to imagine they haven't heard a lot of false sob stories before so am not sure if that's the correct approach.
I reinstalled my version of XP on this new machine - new m/b - Intel vs AMD processor, new hard drives & new graphics card without a hitch. I think the frequency of re-activations comes into play as well. Having said that I'd re-activated on the old hardware a week earlier, but that was the first time in 5 years... – ChrisF – 2010-11-15T21:08:32.360