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<blockquote data-quote="jodomonk" data-source="post: 885862" data-attributes="member: 114509"><p>Thanks Sammy for all your help. One last question and I may post this to a new post because it is kind of a topic change, but feel free to answer here. I have read a lot in the past regarding conflicts of product keys between the bootcamp install vs. once you pull it up into Fusion.</p><p></p><p>Well, I just finished my Vista install. Everything installed correctly (drivers and everything), but of course, the product key says that it has already been used when I try to activate (this is after deleting the original partition I used to have it on and creating a new one). After calling Microsoft and speaking to a man named Daya for about an hour (who was surprisingly polite), they were able to successfully activate Vista by walking me through some sort of automated phone option and then giving me a set of 40 numbers to type in.</p><p></p><p>So, I am once again successfully activated. Herein lies my question. I am guessing that when I run this through Fusion the first time, it will once more ask me for the activation key (at least from what I have been reading). Should I have any issues with this or am I going to be facing another hour long phone call?</p><p></p><p>The reason that I ask is that technical support for my company will be remotely logging on to my system today to install our proprietary software. Usually they just login while I am running it in fusion (I bridge the network connection) and I can work on my Mac without them being any wiser (I have 2 screens). But, if I need to go through some long call with MSFT again because activation within Fusion is going to be an issue, I may just forego my ability to work on the computer today and boot straight into Vista for them so that they can at least get my Software installed before I risk trying to load through Fusion.</p><p></p><p>Any suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jodomonk, post: 885862, member: 114509"] Thanks Sammy for all your help. One last question and I may post this to a new post because it is kind of a topic change, but feel free to answer here. I have read a lot in the past regarding conflicts of product keys between the bootcamp install vs. once you pull it up into Fusion. Well, I just finished my Vista install. Everything installed correctly (drivers and everything), but of course, the product key says that it has already been used when I try to activate (this is after deleting the original partition I used to have it on and creating a new one). After calling Microsoft and speaking to a man named Daya for about an hour (who was surprisingly polite), they were able to successfully activate Vista by walking me through some sort of automated phone option and then giving me a set of 40 numbers to type in. So, I am once again successfully activated. Herein lies my question. I am guessing that when I run this through Fusion the first time, it will once more ask me for the activation key (at least from what I have been reading). Should I have any issues with this or am I going to be facing another hour long phone call? The reason that I ask is that technical support for my company will be remotely logging on to my system today to install our proprietary software. Usually they just login while I am running it in fusion (I bridge the network connection) and I can work on my Mac without them being any wiser (I have 2 screens). But, if I need to go through some long call with MSFT again because activation within Fusion is going to be an issue, I may just forego my ability to work on the computer today and boot straight into Vista for them so that they can at least get my Software installed before I risk trying to load through Fusion. Any suggestions? [/QUOTE]
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