Install Vista 64 on W500, license not recognized

Hello

I was generally not satisfief with W500 performance so I installed Vista 64 from a downloaded dvd image. Somewhere on this forum I read that the license must be valid for 32 and 64 bit, but Vista 64 does not recognize the valid key. Would this work if I uninstalled the 32-bit system? or the license is really 32-bit system?

I think you will find everything you need to know here:

http://Forum.NotebookReview.com/showthread.php?t=144783

Printed at the bottom of a laptop OEM key does not work, the above link explains how to use ABR (http://directedge.us/content/abr-activation-backup-and-restore) to solve this problem.

I just experienced this myself and found that there is an extra step... Once you have applied again the key to new construction with ABR, it won't appear that active. Just log out and back in again, Windows invites you to insert the key, use the key that ABR extracted from the initial installation.

N.

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