activation again and general

I downloaded the free beta in June and finally got at the beginning of July an X1600 Pro AGP with which then I was courageous enough to install the free beta. Since I did not find an Activation Key I first used a general one, which I soon discovered was already in use, though. How can I change the key so that I can finally activate the product? Furthermore: where/how do I get a valid key for the free beta? Can I eventually already BUY Vista, so that once the final version is released, I can upgrade it on the beta without starting from a clean partition? How much would it eventually cost? Is there already a price list?
Thank You in forward for any hint,
Alex

If you downloaded from MS then they sent you an email with the key in it.
"HS" wrote in message

I downloaded the free beta in June and finally got at the beginning of July an X1600 Pro AGP with which then I was courageous enough to install the free beta. Since I did not find an Activation Key I first used a general one, which I soon discovered was already in use, though. How can I change the key so that I can finally activate the product? Furthermore: where/how do I get a valid key for the free beta? Can I eventually already BUY Vista, so that once the final version is released, I can upgrade it on the beta without starting from a clean partition? How much would it eventually cost? Is there already a price list?
Thank You in forward for any hint,
Alex

From what I understand you cannot purchase a license at this point. As Colin said if you got the file through the appropriate means then the email acknowledging your participation sent to the address you registered with would have the product key. Check any junk mail folders. "HS" wrote in message

I downloaded the free beta in June and finally got at the beginning of July an X1600 Pro AGP with which then I was courageous enough to install the free beta. Since I did not find an Activation Key I first used a general one, which I soon discovered was already in use, though. How can I change the key so that I can finally activate the product? Furthermore: where/how do I get a valid key for the free beta? Can I eventually already BUY Vista, so that once the final version is released, I can upgrade it on the beta without starting from a clean partition? How much would it eventually cost? Is there already a price list?
Thank You in forward for any hint,
Alex

Unfortunately I checked everythng and seem not to be able to find it. If I remember well I downloaded it without the download accelerator. Does MS keep a list of E-Mails where they sent the keys somewhere?
"Bob T." wrote:

From what I understand you cannot purchase a license at this point. As Colin said if you got the file through the appropriate means then the email acknowledging your participation sent to the address you registered with would have the product key. Check any junk mail folders. "HS" wrote in message I downloaded the free beta in June and finally got at the beginning of July an X1600 Pro AGP with which then I was courageous enough to install the free beta. Since I did not find an Activation Key I first used a general one, which I soon discovered was already in use, though. How can I change the key so that I can finally activate the product? Furthermore: where/how do I get a valid key for the free beta? Can I eventually already BUY Vista, so that once the final version is released, I can upgrade it on the beta without starting from a clean partition? How much would it eventually cost? Is there already a price list?
Thank You in forward for any hint,
Alex