Vista Activation

If you haven't come across this yet you will at some point.  There is a known issue with Vista and activation.  You can get the details for common errors at this KB article, but the steps are pretty straightforward:

1) Go to Control Panel...System and Maintainence...System

2) Scroll to the bottom of the screen

3) Click on Change Product Key

4) Type in your key

5) Click Next and follow the rest of the steps in the wizard

 

That's it!   Soon you'll be enjoying Vista and be activated :)