Hello ed ziffel,
These forums are for the support of Windows Genuine Advantage Validation issues. Your post does not appear to a be Vista Activation or Validation related and, as such is, unfortunately, off-topic (as well as outside my main area of knowledge)
I recommend reposting your question in the Install, Upgrade and Activate section of the Vista Answers Forums at http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsvista/ or go to http://support.microsoft.com for additional support options.
Sorry I couldn't be more help,
Darin MS