I had installed the RTM version of Vista and installed SP1 as well. However the BIOS Patch doesn't work with SP1 so I figured what the hell, I will buy it legit for once.
So while a friend was down in Seattle at a Microsoft Conference I had him pick up Vista Ultimate w/ SP1 for me from the Microsoft Store (significantly cheaper than any retail store).
However using the product key in the box I get this:
quote:
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Invalid product key
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The following failure occurred while trying to use the product key:
Code:
0xC004F033
Description:
The Software Licensing Service reported that the product key is not allowed to be installed. Please see the eventlog for details.
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OK
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I loath Vista right now...
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