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04-23-2003, 05:09 PM
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:( I dont understand I try so hard
I dont understand this. Im an easy going guy why must I get the hard stuff? Well I went to install SP1 today on WINDOWSXP Professional and got this message (See attatchment) I dont know why but it wont let me install SP1 This was a legit bought Copy of XP Pro I bought this from Wal-Mart no less than 2 weeks ago and i dont have a recipt does anyone have an idea as to how to fix this or tweak it?
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04-23-2003, 05:11 PM
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Did you activate that load of xp after you got it up and running??
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04-23-2003, 05:27 PM
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You may contact MS thru their product activation line and explain the situation to them. I had it happen to a client about 3 weeks ago.
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04-23-2003, 05:42 PM
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Are you absolutely sure you typed the correct key?
It sounds stupid but the key printed on the cert of authenticity I had for W2000 was very small and I mistakenly typed B when it was supposed to be 8. C may look like G, 8 like B, etc. |
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04-23-2003, 05:54 PM
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04-23-2003, 07:26 PM
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You're right ktkendall, you can't update till you activate. At least I couldn't with my copy of XP home. Windows XP has been shipping with SP1 for awhile, but if his copy has been lying around wally world for a few months and he tried to download and install it, before activating it prolly won't work.
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04-23-2003, 07:48 PM
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Microsoft had a lot of this type of problem with SP1 to the point that they actually provided a key changer for a while, that you changed the key with and then re-activated xp in order to install SP1.
http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/articles/changeID.htm Last edited by morriswindgate; 04-23-2003 at 07:53 PM. |
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04-23-2003, 08:36 PM
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Back to what morriswindgate had given me in the link above. Is there a site where i can download the key changer? I know a guy at my high school that talked about it appparently it's for real. So if any one knows where to get it please share. Oh how do you tell if you have a corporate edition of Windows XP Professional? I looked at the Product ID in the registry and this is what it gave me.
55274-640-0000356-23958 I couldnt belive it. A wal-Mart buy with an Invalid Key. Its bull$hit. |
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04-23-2003, 08:42 PM
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If I have an invalid key will that stop things from being installed on the OS? I really wished i could fix this. I'll tell you this too. It was a copy some one returned. So i bought it as a used buy. Apparently a bad idea... I figured hey.. An affordable copy of XP Pro. Who knew the thing was returned. So im out of Ideas people. And im not alowed to return a returned item.
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04-23-2003, 08:47 PM
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04-23-2003, 08:58 PM
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I need a key changer or something to that effect. I think what happened was that someone made a Keygen and my number got generated.
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04-23-2003, 09:02 PM
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sucks to be you..lol jk. i think the guy copied the cd,and the cd-key,and just return the cd. the stupid customer service guy must have accpeted the return.
hehe..I "borrwoed" my xp pro from a "friend" on the internet. of course,i had trouble installing..but i got that cd key chnaged you mentioned. i can give it to you..whats your email. |
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04-23-2003, 09:04 PM
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Drop it in RenamonXP@aol.com
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04-23-2003, 09:12 PM
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just did..about 100kb.
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04-23-2003, 09:15 PM
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I would say thank you lol but it isnt in my box yet. if that doesnt work. Click the e-mail icon in one of my posts
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04-23-2003, 09:21 PM
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Do you have AIM or Yahoo messenger handy?
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04-24-2003, 11:30 AM
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i already sent two emails to both your email-icon email and email you specified.what nnow?
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