cannot validate your product key

I downloaded the Vista Beta 2 DVD ISO and burned it to a DVD. I booted my computer from the DVD and entered the product key that Windows emailed to me. It paused for a few seconds and then gave me the following message: "Setup cannot validate your product key. Please review your product key and ensure that it has been entered correctly."
I deleted the key and tried again several times. I checked it to make sure I was typing it in correctly. I tried typing it without dashes and with dashes. Nothing I do gets it to work. I rebooted and tried again. No luck. I tried signing up to "Live" to get another key, but it won't let me download another one. Any tips on how I can get it to work?

Your best bet is to order the DVD at this time, the demand has been overwhelming. I am beginning to suspect that keys received for most downloads now will get an invalid error because they have maxed out the 2 million expected testers. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Dan Coulter" <Dan Coulter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

I downloaded the Vista Beta 2 DVD ISO and burned it to a DVD. I booted my computer from the DVD and entered the product key that Windows emailed to me. It paused for a few seconds and then gave me the following message: "Setup cannot validate your product key. Please review your product key and ensure that it has been entered correctly."
I deleted the key and tried again several times. I checked it to make sure I was typing it in correctly. I tried typing it without dashes and with dashes. Nothing I do gets it to work. I rebooted and tried again. No luck. I tried signing up to "Live" to get another key, but it won't let me download another one. Any tips on how I can get it to work?

by the way I can't even get a straight answer as to why it does not work... look 24 questionas on this not one staright answer
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Your best bet is to order the DVD at this time, the demand has been overwhelming. I am beginning to suspect that keys received for most downloads now will get an invalid error because they have maxed out the 2 million expected testers. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Dan Coulter" <Dan Coulter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I downloaded the Vista Beta 2 DVD ISO and burned it to a DVD. I booted my computer from the DVD and entered the product key that Windows emailed to me. It paused for a few seconds and then gave me the following message: "Setup cannot validate your product key. Please review your product key and ensure that it has been entered correctly."
I deleted the key and tried again several times. I checked it to make sure I was typing it in correctly. I tried typing it without dashes and with dashes. Nothing I do gets it to work. I rebooted and tried again. No luck. I tried signing up to "Live" to get another key, but it won't let me download another one. Any tips on how I can get it to work?