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  I just ran a key finder suggested by About.com. EDIT: the key is the same as above (what I can see), but it doesn't activate Vista. I guess this is obvious.

  The new processor is an AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800+ 2400 Mhz. This appears to be a 32 bit Vista (I'm learning as I go).

  I see that I only have service pack 1, but I thought I updated to service pack 2. I'll fix that.

  Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:33 AM
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  "androidlove" wrote in message news:f0fe2afe-bd1a-4f2e-9765-7eb8a941909c...

  I just ran a key finder suggested by About.com. EDIT: the key is the same as above (what I can see), but it doesn't activate Vista. I guess this is obvious.

  The new processor is an AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800+ 2400 Mhz. This appears to be a 32 bit Vista (I'm learning as I go).

  I see that I only have service pack 1, but I thought I updated to service pack 2. I'll fix that.

  
  

  Have a look in the battery compartment - Dell have taken to putting the Stickers there, in laptops. If you find it, go to System Properties and use the option to Change Product Key at the bottom of the page.

   

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  Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:07 AM

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  The Dell Inspirion 531 is a desktop.

  EDIT: I installed service pack 2 overnight, and now I have 15 days

  Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):
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  Windows Validation Data-->
  Validation Status: Genuine
  Validation Code: 0
  Cached Online Validation Code: 0x0
  Windows Product Key: *****-*****-YQQTB-FWK9V-932CC
  Windows Product Key Hash: L1zPFFvNQ04Nunm9BorPaqFl4jI=
  Windows Product ID: 89580-OEM-7332132-00031
  Windows Product ID Type: 2
  Windows License Type: OEM SLP
  Windows OS version: 6.0.6002.2.00010100.2.0.001
  ID: {73D707E2-F096-415C-99C5-88395C1BCCCB}(3)
  Is Admin: Yes
  TestCab: 0x0
  LegitcheckControl ActiveX: Registered, 1.9.42.0
  Signed By: Microsoft
  Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate
  Architecture: 0x00000000
  Build lab: 6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019
  TTS Error:
  Validation Diagnostic:
  Resolution Status: N/A
  
  Vista WgaER Data-->
  ThreatID(s): 00000000-80000004
  Version: 6.0.6001.18152
  
  Windows XP Notifications Data-->
  Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
  File Exists: No
  Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
  WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
  WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
  
  OGA Notifications Data-->
  Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
  Version: 2.0.48.0
  OGAExec.exe Signed By: Microsoft
  OGAAddin.dll Signed By: Microsoft
  
  OGA Data-->
  Office Status: 100 Genuine
  Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 - 100 Genuine
  OGA Version: Registered, 2.0.48.0
  Signed By: Microsoft
  Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-364-80041010_025D1FF3-229-80041010_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-517-80040154_025D1FF3-237-80040154_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-244-80070002_025D1FF3-258-3
  
  Browser Data-->
  Proxy settings: N/A
  User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Win32)
  Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
  Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
  Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
  Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
  Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
  Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
  Active scripting: Allowed
  Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed
  
  File Scan Data-->
  
  Other data-->
  Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{73D707E2-F096-415C-99C5-88395C1BCCCB}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0027.0</Version><OS>6.0.6002.2.00010100.2.0.001</OS><Architecture>x32</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-932CC</PKey><PID>89580-OEM-7332132-00031</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-1842806158-110602922-945263016</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>Dell Inc.</Manufacturer><Model>Inspiron 531</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>Dell Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>1.0.13</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="5"/><Date>20090209000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>8F333507018400F6</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Central Standard Time(GMT-06:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM><OEMID>DELL  </OEMID><OEMTableID>AS09   </OEMTableID></OEM><GANotification><File Name="OGAAddin.dll" Version="2.0.48.0"/></GANotification></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>100</Result><Products><Product GUID="{91120000-002E-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}"><LegitResult>100</LegitResult><Name>Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007</Name><Ver>12</Ver><Val>E27A40475B877A</Val><Hash>5Swn0wRkiB4RyFT8FG90kArewvY=</Hash><Pid>81608-957-2289374-65609</Pid><PidType>1</PidType></Product></Products><Applications><App Id="15" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="16" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="18" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="19" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="1A" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="1B" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="44" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="A1" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="BA" Version="12" Result="100"/></Applications></Office></Software></GenuineResults> 
  
  Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002
  
  Licensing Data-->
  Software licensing service version: 6.0.6002.18005
  Name: Windows(TM) Vista, Ultimate edition
  Description: Windows Operating System - Vista, OEM_SLP channel
  Activation ID: 5e802570-4657-4e84-bfbc-6a0e531b84af
  Application ID: 55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f
  Extended PID: 89580-00146-321-300031-02-1033-6001.0000-1672010
  Installation ID: 012442500892689591828706412402250593560671867182015985
  Processor Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=43473
  Machine Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=43474
  Use License URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=43476
  Product Key Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=43475
  Partial Product Key: 932CC
  License Status: Initial grace period
  Time remaining: 21300 minute(s) (14 day(s))
  
  Windows Activation Technologies-->
  N/A
  
  HWID Data-->
  HWID Hash Current: NgAAAAEAAgABAAEAAgADAAAAAgABAAEAJJS6H8IzilSSALLLhuNSnfL0xIgKEWfXRK2sVl49
  
  OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
  N/A
  
  OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
  BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes
  Windows marker version: 0x20000
  OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: yes
  BIOS Information:
    ACPI Table Name    OEMID Value    OEMTableID Value
    APIC            DELL          AS09  
    FACP            DELL          AS09  
    HPET            DELL          AS09  
    MCFG            DELL          AS09  
    SLIC            DELL          AS09  
    SSDT            DELL          AS09  
  
  
  

  Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:34 AM
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  Hello androidlove,

  If this Dell computer does not have a Certificate of Authenticity for Windows affixed to it, then it is not licensed to run a Dell OEM-SLP installation of Windows, which is what is installed now.

  You can doublecheck by entering the computer's Dell Service Tag into their support site to go to the computer specific page, then click on the Warranty status link on the left, then click on the as-shipped configuration tab on the warranty page.  You may see an entry for the reinstallation discs for some OS, perhaps Windows or perhaps a Unix/Linux flavor such as OpenBSD.  Or you may not.  If you see that it shipped with BSD or some other non-Windows OS, then that's definitive proof that it was never licensed to run Windows, and that you would need to purchase a license for Windows to continue to run Windows on this Dell computer.

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  Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:45 PM
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  My Dell doesn't have a tag. I did run into some residue on the case where a sticker might have been. I'd like to fix this problem by buying a new key online, but I don't see where to do that.

  Friday, June 18, 2010 1:07 AM
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  Hello androidlove,

  When you try to activate and are told the product key is invalid, you should be directed to a web page with options for getting genuine.  Look for links like "Learn More Online" or "Resolve Now."

  If you go to www.microsoft.com/genuine and click on Validate Windows, you will be told that your Windows is valid, because your installation is still within the 30 day grace period.  Once that's up, and you click Validate Windows, you should be directed to similar pages for getting genuine.

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  • Edited by Dan at IT Associates Friday, June 18, 2010 4:13 AM

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  My Contol Panel System page takes me here http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/vista/LicensingInfo.aspx when I ask to buy a new key. When I click on the picture or link by "Buy a single license of Windows Vista" Im taken to the validation page which then takes me to the validated page http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/SuccessfulActivation.aspx?displaylang=en&cCode=USA&Error=0&sGuid=983855bc-59d1-42d2-874e-7baae6c009b4 . I try "Find genuine Microsoft software and much more online at the Microsoft Store" and I am taken to the store front. I type "Vista" in the search box, and the page fills with Windows 7 products. Other paths lead me to this "If your Windows product key is not valid, if you don't have a Windows product key, or if you lost the product key that came with your copy of Windows, you'll need to buy a new one to activate Windows. For more information, go to the Microsoft website." When i click on the link "Microsoft website", I am taken to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/products/get where it says "How to purchase Windows Vista. Visit your local or online retailer to buy a PC with Windows Vista." The page suggests I get windows 7 instead. I was hoping to avoid an OS instal and just go with what I wound up with. It was a pain to turn off all those special features Vista came with. I hear 7 has even more to turn off.
  
  

  Friday, June 18, 2010 4:00 AM
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  So, I'm looking at 200.00 to make this computer legitimate?

  Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:42 AM
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  "androidlove" wrote in message news:565158f2-91f2-43a6-a4a9-e5e0682ef49b...

  So, I'm looking at 200.00 to make this computer legitimate?

  By the sound of it, yes. Without either a COA Sticker, or a Service Tag number, then you have no way to trace the licensed OS for that computer.

  Without at least the Service Tag number, it's impossible to go back to Dell and ask if they know he COA license Key number, and impossible for Dell to ensure that you get the correct Recovery disks for your system (but it may be worth a shot - they may be able to track the Tag from an installed part's serial number - and that way see if you have a valid Key and for what OS). Some Dell OEM Keys may also have been blocked by MS for being over-used - if yours (the one the computer *should* have)  is one, then even the correct Recovery disk would not help, as you'd need to have the COA Key to activate.

   

  HTH

  Sorry we can't help more.

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  Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:01 AM

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