There should be a sticker on your laptop with a product key on it.
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"Kira Speaks" wrote in message news:c2921680-b997-41e6-bc52-2c0021dbc051...
>I purchased this gateway notebook with Vista Premium installed 2 years ago.
>Last month the registry got corrupted and I had to wipe the hard drive. I
>reinstalled a temporary version of Vista Premium which, after 30 days, has
>demanded I enter a product key. I am now restricted to running Vista with
>"reduced functionality" which lets me do exactly one thing: run Firefox. I
>cannot get to the control panel or My Computer, but I can go to the
>Microsoft website...
>
> I cannot run any compatibility check programs I download off the Microsoft
> site to determine if Windows 7 would work on my system ("not enough quota
> is available to process this command"), nor does there seem to be a way to
> download Vista Premium off their site, even if I'm willing to pay for it
> *again*.
>
> So...what the heck do I do? I would really like to not have to purchase an
> entirely new OS and start from scratch, but how can I buy just the product
> key for my existing OS? Please help. Thanks.
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