I tried to install a 32bit Vista SP1 onto a Vista Ultimate computer, the installation failed and SP1 removed itself (it took 5 hrs to remove) and then when the computer restarted it brought up a message 'An unauthorised change was made to Windows' and it had a link to a microsoft site that said that my Technet Vista license key was invalid ( I have a current Technet subscription) , the computer would then shutdown and drop back to the logon screen and when you logged back in it would do the same again. I eventually managed to get back into windows and the SP1 installer was showing a 0xC004F033 error code which is shown when a 'product key is not allowed to be installed'. In Windows I clicked on Windows activation and it says my version of Vista is Activated and genuine. Any ideas about what could be causing this? Thanks
I'd definitely try posting this over at: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1992&SiteID=17 That's the TechNet Vista SP1 forum. Just browsing through the first couple of pages there, I don't see anything like your situation. But, it should definitely be reported. Dave Lessnau "AB" wrote in message news:4876274A-BCD7-49A6-96D7-374549E76414@microsoft.com... > I tried to install a 32bit Vista SP1 onto a Vista Ultimate computer, the > installation failed and SP1 removed itself (it took 5 hrs to remove) and > then > when the computer restarted it brought up a message 'An unauthorised > change > was made to Windows' and it had a link to a microsoft site that said that > my > Technet Vista license key was invalid ( I have a current Technet > subscription) , the computer would then shutdown and drop back to the > logon > screen and when you logged back in it would do the same again. > I eventually managed to get back into windows and the SP1 installer was > showing a 0xC004F033 error code which is shown when a 'product key is not > allowed to be installed'. > In Windows I clicked on Windows activation and it says my version of Vista > is Activated and genuine. > Any ideas about what could be causing this? > Thanks
