Please help me activate Windows!

O.K., so it came up with a thing telling me to activate Windows, but it wouldn't let me for some stupid reason. Here is a picture. Could somebody please tell me what the fuck i'm supposed to do?! THIS IS REALLY FUCKING PISSING ME OFF!! >:( >:(

simple

there a versions for windows that need  a previous windows. This windows will be upgraded then. Seems that your key is only for an upgrade not for a new installation

Well, i don't know what the fuck that means... What am i supposed to do now!?!!?

pariah wrote:
Well, i don't know what the fuck that means... What am i supposed to do now!?!!?

You are now using Win7 right?

Then you have to install a previous windows like xp or vista

or you purchase a new key


IF you buyed a Win7 version that was NOT for upgrade than contact support.

I have been using Vista for ages, but now finally got 7 installed on my new harddrive. I see no fucking reason for me to need to install an older O.S.... ::)

pariah wrote:
I have been using Vista for ages, but now finally got 7 installed on my new harddrive. I see no fucking reason for me to need to install an older O.S.... ::)

You cant activate your OS with this key.

...Any idea why not?

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O.K., i plugged my old harddrive back in now. I can't be fucked trying no more. I guess i'll just have to stick with 32-bit Vista for the rest of my fucked-up life... :'(

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pariah wrote:
...Any idea why not?

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O.K., i plugged my old harddrive back in now. I can't be fucked trying no more. I guess i'll just have to stick with 32-bit Vista for the rest of my fucked-up life... :'(

omg is it so hard?

install your old vista on your new drive

than update your OS with your key (there should be a DVD with install files, when not where the heck did you get that key from?)

But i'd have to uninstall 7, and i only just managed install the fucking thing after all these months!

True, if you try to install Vista on your new drive it won't let you because you have a newer OS (my guess).

Believe me, is easier to upgrade to 7 (install vista then run windows 7 install) than install 7 from scratch (it's easy in both ways but is easier in using the former than the latter).

Well, i'd have to install Vista again, and then 7, so it's not really any easier...

It is easy. I installed windows XP then windows 7 to make a dual boot without problems, the drivers are a pain however win7 has them all, now to install Vista to upgrade to 7 is easy too don't know where the difficulty lies.

Installing windows = following instructions on the monitor :).

Remember that you can fail installing windows and nothing bad would happen, just try again and that's all. You will not break your drive just because you installed windows incorrectly :P.

Imagine if you would need to compile the code in windows' console before installing a new Windows version...

I'm not saying it's hard to do; I'm just saying that it's easier to just install 7, rather than install Vista and then upgrade to 7.