That's what you get for not following my advice about using the activation
backup and restore tool!
You must have used the product key from the bottom of the machine? Don't do
that. Instead, you can skip all this phone activation business.
Do you still have your original Vista preload? You can back up its
activation data and restore it onto a new image:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=120228
-Mike
> From: Scott Matthews
>
> Hi all, something odd.
>
> I clean installed Vista to a new drive, and then activated it
> via phone. I saved that as an Acronis image.
>
> The I installed some stuff, messed up, reverted the image,
> installed some stuff, and then I was asked to activate again.
>
> Does clone/restore actually require reactivation of Vista?
>
> Or could it be that simply installing laptop drivers would
> change the 'hardware profile' enough to trigger the request
> to reactivate?
>
> This is a bummer!
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