If, when you try to activate Windows Vista on a computer that was obtained from an OEM, you experience one one of the following symptoms.
Error message 1
Error Code: Invalid Volume License KeyError message 2
Error Code: 0xC004F059Description: The Software Licensing Service reported that a license in the computer BIOS is invalid.
You receive the following error message:
Error Code: 0xc004f035The Software Licensing Service reported that the computer could not be activated with a Volume license product key. Volume licensed systems require upgrading from a qualified operating system. Please contact your system administrator or use a different type of key.
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KB94962 will help you.
If the following error code or error message appears when users try to activate Windows Vista
The activation key You typed is invalid
This
TechNet thread may prove to be of help.
If you face Volume Activation error codes on Windows Vista-based computers, KB938450 will help you troubleshoot them.If, when you try to activate Windows Vista on a computer that was obtained from an OEM, you experience one one of the following symptoms.
Error message 1
Error Code: Invalid Volume License Key
Error message 2
Error Code: 0xC004F059
Description: The Software Licensing Service reported that a license in the computer BIOS is invalid.
You receive the following error message:
Error Code: 0xc004f035
The Software Licensing Service reported that the computer could not be activated with a Volume license product key. Volume licensed systems require upgrading from a qualified operating system. Please contact your system administrator or use a different type of key.
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If the following error code or error message appears when users try to activate Windows Vista
The activation key You typed is invalid
This TechNet thread may prove to be of help.
If you face Volume Activation error codes on Windows Vista-based computers..
The software is more than 6 years old, but you already know that. I hope it was given to you, becuase even Intuit won't give you a key or support it.
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