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OEM character not visable, where to go?

Mother Teresa · 2010-04-02 10:38:07

Hi I've had to reinstall vista on my home laptop. Have it a couple of years, and the manual suggested mading a full system backup before hand as no software or OS disks came with the laptop. Well I didn't, and more fool me :( Managed to install vista from someone else's copy, but need to regiseter my copy online and I…

02-04-2010 10:38am

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Mother Teresa

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Hi
I've had to reinstall vista on my home laptop. Have it a couple of years, and the manual suggested mading a full system backup before hand as no software or OS disks came with the laptop.
Well I didn't, and more fool me
Managed to install vista from someone else's copy, but need to regiseter my copy online and I can't make out one of the characters. I've gone through all the books, leaflets, etc that came with the laptop but no sign of the OEM key. Is there anyway of matching an OEM to a serial number? Would the manufactureres even entertain it? Its an Acer, and I've dialled out 3 numbers in uk which no longer work, and 2 emails have bounced back.
Thanks

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