Vista activation issue

I have a T-61 6465 CTO with Windows Vista Ultimate (OEM). Something became corrupted and I contacted Lenovo and Microsoft about this issue. MS provided a replacement disc to fix the issue. I loaded it and it asked for the product key which I used from the sticker on the bottom of the computer. It would not activate and thus did the numerous Microsoft remedies, to no avail. Thus I reset it for yet another 30 days. MS suggested contacting Lenovo as original Vista Ultimate was an OEM. I could don't obtain the support from Lenovo as I had expected. Any thoughts of how can I obtain a Vista Ultimate Product Key?

I appreciate your information. It appears that MS says it is Lenovo issue and Lenovo says it is a MS issue... Quite circular and time consuming. To clarify: When I purchased my T61 it had Vista on it. I elected to downgrade to XP and did so. I recently decided to give the Vista a Try as some things were not compatible with my XP. I reformatted and installed the Original OEM Vista. It was fine for a few weeks then problems. Lenovo would not assist as it was out of warranty, but MS helped and offered this option: I understand that the issue persists and you intend to do Clean Installation to fix the current issue. As an end-user myself, I can understand this is a time-consuming process. On the other hand, this is also a quick way to resolve the issue. Sometimes, when we have several issues at one time, it is very likely that some core components are corrupted. In this situation, a clean installation can help refresh the whole system and clear the unnecessary or corrupted information. I believe the system performance should improve as well. ....MS offered: that this issue can be resolved as soon as possible and the system can work perfectly. MS Technical support would like to to order a Vista Installation DVD with the legitimate Product Key for you free of charge to reinstall Vista. I obtained this, loaded it and attempted to activate, but it would not take my Key. I called MS and Lenovo again with each pointing to the other, I was able to fix the issue and get another 30 days before it will return to limitless use as it could not be activated. So I have a legitimate Vista Ultimate product, but can not get it activated. I would appreciate advice. Why is obtaining a Product Key so difficult when you have a legitimate version? Any assistance would be most appreciated

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>> We have a site licence for Macromedia studio 8 which
allows us to install
>> copies of any of the applications throughout the
school.
>>
>> Activation is achieved by running a program
activate.exe
>>
>> This works OK for XP machines but doesnt seem to
function for VISTA. The
>> licence files seem to copy across but the dialog box
requesting a serial
>> number or to carry on in trial mode isnt removed.
>
> You need to contact Adobe Support for help with an issue
like that.
> Unfortunately, Studio 8 was released about 18 months
before Vista, so
> there's no guarantee that it will work.
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