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  1. Porthos
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       New #11

    I know it sucks to give up old perfectly working things but.
    Install XP/Vista and don't activate
    Get music off the player and move music to Windows 10 computer.
    Get a new Music player.
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  3. spapakons
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    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 21H1 (May 2021 build 19043.1083)
       New #12

    I am not sure if this applies at your country, but until a couple of years ago I had no problem activating legitimate Windows XP or Vista by phone. I called Microsoft and then connected to the automatic Windows activation service. All I have to do is type the numbers shown on activation screen. Then if asked how many times I have installed Windows I reply 1. Then I get the activation code. I am not sure if it still works, but you can try.
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  4. gwatts
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       New #13

    difficult old problem with activation


    Thank you all posters who have tried to help. This is going to take some time and doing if I am ever to succeed I will go ahead and mark this solved. Again, many many thanks.


    Solved.
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  6. alphanumeric
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    If you have the original factory supplied install (recovery) media. Reinstalling Vista on the machine the install media is for, should be doable.
    Factory OEM install media doesn't activate online, it activates against an OEM embedded SLIC table in the BIOS. This only works if the install media is setup to look for the SLIC table, and the table has to match the certificate on the install media. The product code on the COA sticker is for use with stock (non OEM) install media. Use of that code usually requires phone activation the first time its used. I'm talking OS's prior to Windows 8 here.
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  7. spapakons
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    Here in Greece we always used the Windows key on the sticker for pre-Windows 8 versions. I never encountered a Vista machine with the key in BIOS.
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  8. Bree
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    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
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    spapakons said:
    Here in Greece we always used the Windows key on the sticker for pre-Windows 8 versions. I never encountered a Vista machine with the key in BIOS.

    The CoA key on an OEM Vista or W7 machine will activate an install of the normal MS install media and is unique to each PC. The CoA key is normally never needed, it is an emergency backup method of installing Windows should the original OEM Windows factory reset image ever be lost. The actual key installed by the OEM will be a generic OEM SLP key, and will be the same key on all PCs from that OEM with that edition of Vista/W7.

    The OEM Vista/W7 install media (or the OEM supplied factory reset image) for a particular make/model of PC contains a generic SLP key specific to that OEM. When installed on the PC it was intended for it will self-activate without the need to go online. To activate it needs to find a matching SLP marker in the bios. The SLP marker specifies the name of the OEM and the version and edition of Windows that this PC is licenced for, but it is not a key. This method of activation is called System Locked Pre-installation and is how all OEM pre-installed Windows activated prior to W8. From W8 on a full key is embedded in the bios.

    All Vista machines supplied with Vista by their OEM should have an SLP marker in the bios which can be seen using showKeyPlus.

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  9. alphanumeric
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    spapakons said:
    Here in Greece we always used the Windows key on the sticker for pre-Windows 8 versions. I never encountered a Vista machine with the key in BIOS.
    Prior to Windows 8 its not a key that stored in the BIOS. The SLIC table is OEM info, Dell, HP etc, and what OS the SLIC is for. It's only half of what's needed for the OEM activation. To make use of the BIOS SLIC table you need custom OEM modified install media with a certificate file matching the SLIC table info. There is no product code in the BIOS. Those installs get a generic OEM product code. If you try to use that code with stock install media it won't activate.
    With Windows 8 and newer, there is an actual Product Code embedded in the BIOS. And it will work with the factory install media or stock install media that you get from Microsoft.
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  10. spapakons
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    Didn't know that detail. That explains why an OEM key would not work in a retail installation.
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  12. alphanumeric
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    spapakons said:
    Didn't know that detail. That explains why an OEM key would not work in a retail installation.
    The OEM-COA code on the sticker should work with stock install media. I've had to phone activate when I went that route and it did eventually activate. Any key found with a key finder used on a factory OEM install is useless though, those keys are blocked from online activation. They won't phone activate either.
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  13. Bree
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    Any key found with a key finder used on a factory OEM install is useless though...

    For an example, see the Dell OEM SLP key for W7 Pro here:

    jumanji said:
    Product Key: 32KD2-K9CTF-M3DJT-4J3WC-733WD
    Product ID: XXXXX-OEM-8992671-00524
    Vendor: Dell
    ...    All Dell machines installed with Windows 7 Professional will have the same OEM SLP key.
    Dell OEM License reinstall help - same key on each - Windows 7 Help Forums
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