Re: Activation Error 0xC004F061
- From: "John Barnes" <JBarnes@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:10:44 -0800
Try these
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930373/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951287/en-us
"BH" <BH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:905646D2-C93B-45B7-85C2-5ABF6F4B127A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Have a similar problem. I was reinstalling Win XP pro when I realized I have
lost the cd key. So I then decided to try out the Vista Business I had
purchased but was forced to do a clean install due to my previous problem.
Now I recieve the 0xc004f061 error upon activation.
Both XP and Vista are legal copies and I have the digital reciepts. Is there
anyway to bypass this problem as I cant even ask Microsoft for help without
paying 60$?
"Rock" wrote:
Ok, good luck.
"edenney" <edenney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "edenney" <edenney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>>
>> >I did start the upgrade from within XP...so it sounds like I'm pretty
>> >much
>> > hosed because I did what the upgrade told me I needed to do? Am I
>> > completely
>> > unable to upgrade from Windows XP Pro to Windows Vista Home Premium?
>> >
>> > "Rock" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "edenney" <edenney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>> >>
>> >> > I'm getting an Activation Error Code: 0xC004F061 when I try to
>> >> > activate
>> >> > my
>> >> > Vista Home Premium upgrade. I was running XP Pro on this >> >> > machine,
>> >> > and
>> >> > when I
>> >> > was doing the install, the installer said I had to do a clean
>> >> > install
>> >> > from
>> >> > XP
>> >> > Pro. Now The error message is giving me the description "The
>> >> > Software
>> >> > Licensing Service determined that this specified product key can
>> >> > only
>> >> > be
>> >> > used
>> >> > for upgrading, not for clean installations." Does this mean that
>> >> > even
>> >> > though
>> >> > I had a Genuine Windows XP Pro on my computer, I can't use the
>> >> > upgrade
>> >> > to
>> >> > Vista?
>> >> >
>> >> > To top it off, it keeps telling me that my 90 day free support >> >> > call
>> >> > period
>> >> > has expired, although I've never called it before, and just
>> >> > installed
>> >> > Vista a
>> >> > few days ago. Anyone have any ideas how I can fix this issue?
>> >>
>> >> To use an upgrade version you have to start the upgrade from within >> >> an
>> >> installed, activated and genuine copy of XP. It will then allow
>> >> either
>> >> an
>> >> in place upgrade (for certain upgrade paths) or only a custom
>> >> installation
>> >> (programs and data are not migrated). There has been published a >> >> work
>> >> around to allow the installation of an upgrade version w/o XP being
>> >> installed. Here is one link for it. Use at your own risk.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932
>> >>
>> >> If you want to migrate data and settings from the XP installation >> >> use
>> >> the
>> >> Windows Easy Transfer (WET) on the XP installation before the >> >> upgrade.
>>
>>
>> You can use an upgrade edition to go from XP Pro to VHP, but only as a
>> custom installation, not an in place upgrade. It sounds on the >> surface
>> like
>> what you did was right. To rehash this, XP Pro was installed, >> activated
>> and
>> genuine. From the XP desktop you inserted the Vista DVD, did the
>> preliminaries, entered the upgrade product key, then chose a custom
>> install
>> because that's all that was available, and did the installation?
>>
>> If it won't activate on line, phone in for activation.
>>
>> -- >> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>>
>>
> That pretty well sums up the action I had taken. I'll try the phone
> activation, and see if I have more luck there. Thanks!
--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
.
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