How to change Vista product key?
change Vista product key without reinstalling windows vista. You will need windows vista product key to install and activate a copy of Microsoft windows vista on your PC/computer.It is very important to make a note of this product key or license key or serial number.In case you need to reinstall windows vista in future, then you will need the vista product key.Otherwise, you may not be able to activate vista and your OS copy will fail Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation.
Earlier we covered Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder to retrieve windows product key of products like windows xp, vista, office 2007 and several other windows applications.We then covered Produkey from Nirsoft to find windows cd key of vista, windows xp, sql server and more.We also covered Licensecrawler to find windows license key or serial number of windows applications.
In case you lost your vista product key, you can retrieve it using any one of the above mentioned windows key finders.Then you can use the retrieved product key to reinstall and activate vista.But what would happen, in case you tried activating vista, with a wrong product key that you received from one of your friends, instead of finding the original one using the above free key finders? Ofcourse Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) will fail.But don’t worry.You can change the Windows Vista product key without the boring task of reinstalling Windows Vista again.
How to change windows vista product key?
- Click Start button and navigate to Control Panel >> System and Maintenance >> System
- At the bottom, under “Windows activation” section, click on the “Change product key” link
- Enter the correct vista product key in the change product key dialog
You are done!!! Wasn’t it easy to change vista product key?
In case you are looking for a way to change XP product key, we had earlier reviewed rockXP to find or change XP key
