Confirmation id vista window

Cancel Submit. Timi Owoturo. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Timi Owoturo's post on August 9, Please verify and retype your confirmation ID" Has anybody been able to get past this point, at a loss what to do?

Kiran Jayakumar. Hi, I suggest you to contact Microsoft support over phone for assistance with this activation issue. This site in other languages x. For most users, activation process normally starts with attempt to activate Vista online.

Online activation is simple and effective way to activate the copy of installed Vista, and when it fails or cannot activate successfully, then user can opt to activate by phone.

If you want to skip and bypass online activation and go straight to activate Vista or Windows 7 by phone i. Note: If you have not entered a product key during installation, the wizard will ask for a genuine serial key.

If you uncertain of the serial number key used, or want to change the key used, click on Change product key link. And, this step must fails in order to go to phone activation.

If the online activation process, user can continue to attempt to activate using automated phone system by clicking on Use the automated phone system to activate option. Note: The human operator may ask for the reason that causes requirement of reactivation or activation of Vista.

Just tell the truth, e. On this welcome screen you can see your operating system activation status. If the Welcome Center screen is not displayed or you have closed the screen and want to open again, you should open the Control Panel and click the "Get started with Windows" shortcut whish is displayed under the System and Maintenance sub group in the Control Panel screen.

The below image shows the Activation Status information, my system had 13 days left to activate when I activated my Windows Vista. Double click the below link to view computer details, hardware and windows settings. If you do not see the below button click the "Show all 12 items Here is the basic information about my computer displayed on the System information screen.