hi, i am not sure whether anyone has asked this before. i have once installed and activate my win7 ultimate retail key on my samsung notebook but after i bought a new netbook, i formatted my samsung notebook and installed the win 7 ultimate into my new netbook after that, i tried to activate the product key using the same key, of course that wont work and showed my few options (choose to activate thru phone).. after i entered all the 9 combination numbers, the computer replied that the product key is limited what should i do to reactivate the product key again?

What retail version are you using - Upgrade, Full, or retail OEM? And how did you do the install on to the new computer - upgrade existing OS, custom install, or a full clean install?

new installation. btw i managed to solve it, called into microsoft free toll center and they provided me the code which solved it thanks.

Hi Sean, Glad to hear the issue is fixed already. For any activation related issue, if system cannot be activated automatically, please contact the Activation Center. The Microsoft Activation Center can be reached at 888-571-2048 (toll-free) or 716-871-2929.