keep getting invalid licience key warning.

jonwhite · 28 Jul 2015 at 07:44

hi there
i keep getting a warning invalid key, please enter a valid key, upgrade ect

my key is a ligit key brought from amazon, is there a way of turning this off maby?

Josh · 28 Jul 2015 at 07:59

If it was a legit key it wouldn't keep coming up asking you to submit a valid key.

When you put in a valid key it goes away. Was it a genuine Amazon seller or a second/third party vendor?

jonwhite · 28 Jul 2015 at 08:13

no it was genuine amazon seller, its strange because ive re installed windows a couple of weeks ago, and the key was verified then, now they have decided its invalid

Josh · 28 Jul 2015 at 08:15

Is it the same motherboard? I'm guessing it was an OEM key?

jonwhite · 28 Jul 2015 at 08:36

ahhar, i put a new motherboard in yesterday maby that has upset it?
i brought the key from amazon it was a download, a couple of years ago, it registered ok when i brought it, and when i reinstalled winh7 a couple of weeks ago but since ive put my new board in doesnt seem to like it

AthlonXP1800 · 28 Jul 2015 at 08:38

jonwhite said:
ahhar, i put a new motherboard in yesterday maby that has upset it?
i brought the key from amazon, a couple of years ago, it registered when i brought it and when i reinstalled winh7 a couple of weeks ago

Yeah cos the key is OEM.

Why put in new motherboard?

So you will need to call Microsoft to reactivate key on new motherboard.

Josh · 28 Jul 2015 at 08:38

Could be the key is an OEM one or one with a limited number of activations.

Phone the MS activation line, explain you have a new motherboard and they will after some security checks etc give you a new key to enter.

I did this when I moved from AMD-Intel with an OEM key, spent about 5 mins on the phone and I was golden.

jonwhite · 28 Jul 2015 at 08:49

ok just entered the serial again and that seems to have cleared it

AthlonXP1800 · 28 Jul 2015 at 09:48

jonwhite said:
ok just entered the serial again and that seems to have cleared it

Cool glad it worked for you.

jonwhite · 28 Jul 2015 at 10:35

thanks for the help.

ZXSpectrum · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:16

jonwhite said:
ahhar, i put a new motherboard in yesterday maby that has upset it?
i brought the key from amazon it was a download, a couple of years ago, it registered ok when i brought it, and when i reinstalled winh7 a couple of weeks ago but since ive put my new board in doesnt seem to like it

LOL you were lucky.. Too many scumbags on Amazon and the bay selling Enterprise keys. Oh and the idiots buying them.. :rolleyes:

russell664 · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:20

^ Sounds about right though!