Well that was a waste of an evening!!...
I spent most of yesterday evening reinstalling Vista64 on my Laptop only to find I have to do it again so I can 'Activate' it!!
Many places (including here) told me that re-installing my HP laptop with the copy of Vista I got from Technet the other month rather than the bloated full of crap version from HP (Recovery discs).
Well it won't let me activate, so I phoned Microsoft, as I was told that they would do it over the phone "No Problems"...
All I got was an Indian Lady telling me 'Blah Blah Blah Against Microsoft Policy Blah Blah Blah Re-install using the original HP discs blah Blah Blah"...
I don't want to have to put the Bloated version back on, but looks like I have to!!...
Sim.
I spent most of yesterday evening reinstalling Vista64 on my Laptop only to find I have to do it again so I can 'Activate' it!!

Many places (including here) told me that re-installing my HP laptop with the copy of Vista I got from Technet the other month rather than the bloated full of crap version from HP (Recovery discs).
Well it won't let me activate, so I phoned Microsoft, as I was told that they would do it over the phone "No Problems"...
All I got was an Indian Lady telling me 'Blah Blah Blah Against Microsoft Policy Blah Blah Blah Re-install using the original HP discs blah Blah Blah"...

I don't want to have to put the Bloated version back on, but looks like I have to!!...

Sim.