How can I get a valid Windows Vista Home Premium product key for my Acer Aspire 5050?
My hard drive failed in my Acer Aspire 5050. Replaced, reinstalled Windows Vista Home Premium with the appropriate product key, but Microsoft says that it is invalid. Microsoft wants to buy me a new copy of Windows & there is no available from Acer for my laptop recovery disk. What can I do?
The product key on the bottom of the laptop is an OEM product key. This product key does not work for the commercial versions of the operating system. The original shipping charge might work on the system without entering a product key.
If you did not, or are no longer able to get the recovery media, you will have to buy an operating system of your choice for the installation.
Please see this link:
http://community.Acer.com/T5/community-KB/installing-a-different-operating-system/Ta-p/48739
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Run the Diagnostics of Genuine tool at this link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012.
Hi steph_ts,
In addition to the suggestion of Andre.Ziegler, following links and check
1. you remember to make changes to the computer before this problem?
You can consult the following KB articles and try the suggested methods for error: 0XC004F050
How to troubleshoot the error codes Activation Volume Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and on Windows Vista computers
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/938450
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http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950756
Also see the following link for more information about reduced functionality mode:
Error message when you start Windows Vista: "your activation period has expired".
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/925616/
Hope this information is useful.
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