"Thalador" <smgorham@gmail.com> wrote:
>I updated my nvidia drivers today and all of a sudden windows is
> telling me that I have to reactivate due to hardware changes. So I do
> this and now it says my VL key is no good. Has anyone seen something
> like this before?
How did you previously activate? MAK or KMS?
If by KMS, have you entered a product key during your attempt to reactivate?
If by MAK, did you enter a new product key? In either case, why?
What was the last action you took before the appearance of the message
telling you that your "VL key is no good"? And was there an error code in
that message?
Are you SURE that you're typing in the correct characters? And are you SURE
you're entering the MAK and not the product ID for the KMS?
Also, depending on the exact renewal schedule of your
EA/SELECT/academic/whatever agreement with Microsoft, you may have more than
one MAK to which you have legal usage rights. If your Vista box continues
to refuse to accept the original MAK and MS "customer service" cannot or
will not help, try the other MAK.
You might also want to post your question in the newsgroup
"microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup".
Joe Morris