i recently tried to do a reinstall of win xp pro on my
computer and now i am stuck on the section where you must
enter a product key.
I have my product key that worked the first time i entered
it during the 1st installation but it does not seem to
work now.
any suggestions?

Look at it real good. B looks like an 8, G looks like a 6 and so on.

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"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> i recently tried to do a reinstall of win xp pro on my
> computer and now i am stuck on the section where you must
> enter a product key.
> I have my product key that worked the first time i entered
> it during the 1st installation but it does not seem to
> work now.
> any suggestions?

John Wrote:
> i recently tried to do a reinstall of win xp pro on my
> computer and now i am stuck on the section where you must
> enter a product key.
> I have my product key that worked the first time i entered
> it during the 1st installation but it does not seem to
> work now.
> any suggestions?i need a new product key because i lost my old on

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TheChronicL

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:20:46 +0100, TheChronicL
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>John Wrote:
>> i recently tried to do a reinstall of win xp pro on my
>> computer and now i am stuck on the section where you must
>> enter a product key.
>> I have my product key that worked the first time i entered
>> it during the 1st installation but it does not seem to
>> work now.
>> any suggestions?i need a new product key because i lost my old one


In the same position, put in my product ID and it won't take it.
Strange.

TheChronicL wrote:
>> i recently tried to do a reinstall of win xp pro on my
>> computer and now i am stuck on the section where you must
>> enter a product key.
>> I have my product key that worked the first time i entered
>> it during the 1st installation but it does not seem to
>> work now.

There are only two reasons why the product key would not be accepted at that
stage:

1) It is not the right type of key for your installation media. For
example, you are trying to use a volume licensing or retail product key with
an OEM install CD. Use the correct media.

2) You are not entering the key correctly. Watch out for 8 and B in
particular, I have found those easy to mistake for one anohter with the font
used on MS COA labels...

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