When i get to the screen where it needs my product key
it, i enter the one that is on the windows sticker on my
computer, but it keeps saying "the product id you entered
is not valid". How can I fix this?

Are you using the factory CD that came with your PC?

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Torrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message :
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| When i get to the screen where it needs my product key
| it, i enter the one that is on the windows sticker on my
| computer, but it keeps saying "the product id you entered
| is not valid". How can I fix this?

yea, i am
>-----Original Message-----
>Are you using the factory CD that came with your PC?
>
>--
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
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>"Torrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message :
>news:12e9401c44369$e62136e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>| When i get to the screen where it needs my product key
>| it, i enter the one that is on the windows sticker on
my
>| computer, but it keeps saying "the product id you
entered
>| is not valid". How can I fix this?
>.
>

Be extra careful of letters and numbers that might look like other
letters/numbers. 8 and B, sometimes the Q may look like something else, etc.
I've found the use of a magnifying glass sometimes help (old eyes <g>) in
discerning the correct characters.

If you bought the OS from an online auction, Internet reseller, flea market,
etc. it could be a counterfeit (some are very professionally done) or one
where the volume PKs were provided and MS disabled these misused/illegal
copies.

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Regards,
Len Segal, MCP
Microsoft - MVP
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> yea, i am
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Are you using the factory CD that came with your PC?
> >
> >--
> >Carey Frisch
> >Microsoft MVP
> >Windows XP - Shell/User
> >
> >Be Smart! Protect your PC!
> >http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
> >
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> >
> >"Torrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message :
> >news:12e9401c44369$e62136e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >| When i get to the screen where it needs my product key
> >| it, i enter the one that is on the windows sticker on
> my
> >| computer, but it keeps saying "the product id you
> entered
> >| is not valid". How can I fix this?
> >.
> >