ok so here goes. I have a Packard bell bv easynote mh36 laptop that came pre installed with Vista home basic the problem was the HDD packed up, so I bought a new HDD installed it and ran install vista but when I try to activate it it says error code 0xc004e003 my product id is OEM-7332166-00190 now im not sure if theres a tool that I need to reinstall certificates and alike any help in trying to activate this would be appreciated thanks
yes ive got the product key, no issues there but it wont activate, ive used the slic toolkit and it says theres no oem certificate installed so I need to find where to get it from and install it
tried but it wont even bring up that part, tried cmd slui 4 but still no dice, spoke to MS they said contact vendor, so im at a loss
Try using MTK to run phone activation Phone activation should work fine, is it a fresh install of a genuine copy?
wish id of seen your post a bit earlier, I managed to loate the relevant cert and installed it manually in cmd prompt and hey presto all activated now, big thanks to everyone here for helping, really appreciate it