New Vista Ultimate - Several hardware changes - Same motherboard - invalidated

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  I recently built a new machine to run Vista. After setup and installation Vista worked well. But performance was not good enough so I upgraded the video, added more memory, changed the processor and moved to a bigger, faster hard drive. All still on the same motherboard.  Vista then began displaying "Evaluation Copy" in the bottom right of the screen.  Sometime later, Vista began to announce that I was using an invalid copy. I tried to revalidate but that failed. I then tried to phone method and that failed.  I then talked to someone in a support center.  After exchanging all the numbers - this process failed as well.  He said he would connect me to Customer Service.  After 10 or 15 minutes of waiting I received a voice message saying it can't connect to that number and hung up on me.
  
  As far as I understand, the changes I made were acceptable and I should not have had problems revaidating.  After 3 months of running Vista I have my whole personal and work life on this machine that I can no longer use.
  
  What do I do to get this system passed validation and working again?
  
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  • Moved by JeniferA Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:49 PM Vista validation issue (Moved from Genuine Advantage Offers - Eligibility Issues Forum to Windows Vista Validation Issues (Windows Vista))

  Monday, March 23, 2009 5:44 PM