Thank you very much Gary it worked now I can redo my laptop
"Gary Mount" wrote:
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> If you don't know where your "license" for the upgrade is, then...
> From Microsoft...
> "A personal digital locker is created for you when you purchase a Windows
> Vista upgrade. Your digital locker stores your product keys and purchase
> information which, when used together, allow you to reinstall your upgrade
> if necessary. A copy of your upgrade is also stored in your digital locker.
>
> To access your upgrade in your digital locker for recovery:
>
> Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the digital locker
> icon. Alternatively, you can go directly to the Digital Locker website.
> "
>
https://digitallocker.windowsmarketplace.co...aspx?limode=wau
>
>
>
> "bobczar" <bobczar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:18435D0D-DE74-4A79-871C-5F2B416DF7D5@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green">
> > Thanks for the reply Mark, my question is than once taken back to factory
> > settings I just need to place my upgrade disk in and it shoud upgrade
> > without
> > prompting me to purchase again? I have the product ID 20 digit key, is
> > this
> > the license file? If not where can I find this file to make a copy of?
> > Thanks in advance. I have just been getting the run around from MS.
> >
> > "Mark" wrote:
> ><span style="color:darkred">
> >> WAU product key is embedded in the Executable Upgrade License file you
> >> get
> >> from WAU.
> >> While you can look at it with Belarc (once installed) or in the license
> >> file
> >> with Notepad, it won't do you any good.
> >> You do not need the key to upgrade, you need the license file.
> >>
> >> You must have Home Premium installed and activated for this license to
> >> work
> >> as an upgrade.
> >>
> >> "bobczar" <bobczar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:C8979FF4-8A64-4098-860D-4B413869361A@microsoft.com...
> >> > My laptop came with Vista Home Premium Edition installed on it. I used
> >> > the
> >> > Window Anytime upgrade disk to upgrade to Ultimate which it did. My
> >> > problem
> >> > is that it did not give me a 25 key for the upgrade. It just upgraded
> >> > my
> >> > laptop. I now need to take the laptop back to factory settings due to
> >> > security issues with the media player and all I have is the product ID
> >> > from
> >> > the My computer property page. Can I upgrade my machine to the Ultimate
> >> > with
> >> > this 20 number code or do I need the 25 key code? I don't have the code
> >> > and
> >> > in contacting Windows they want $59. just to talk to tech support??
> >> > Can I
> >> > find this code in the registry? Any help is appreciated, for I don't
> >> > want
> >> > to
> >> > pay for the upgrade twice....
> >> </span></span>
> </span>