family support basic and home premium Vista

I got a dell vista Home Basic disk in a computer ADVENT vista Home premium laptop just go turn it on. now it won't let me change the product keys to activate the computer laptop advent. any ideas?

Hello

You can't do what you did.

Not to mention that the illegality of the use of the OEM Dell DVD wrong, you change not versions of Vista by changing the product key.

You need to reinstall the operating system using the appropriate media

There is no Windows Vista downloads available from Microsoft.

You can contact advent and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks.

They should do this for a small fee.

Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

"How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

"How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

See you soon.

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