Hi

I have a company who have 2 PC's which currently do not have valid product
keys associated to them so I purchased 2 valid ones for them. The 2 PC's are
running XP Pro

I have tried to place these keys onto the system but for some reason they
keep failing & was wondering do I need to deactivate the invalid keys (by
modifying the registry) & then activate using the valid keys

or

do I do a XP repair option on these pc's, will this ensure that the 2 PC's
then have valid keys?

I have tried using the Xppid but this did not work so would appreciate some
assistance

Many thanks

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"Franky" wrote:

| Hi
|
| I have a company who have 2 PC's which currently do not have valid product
| keys associated to them so I purchased 2 valid ones for them. The 2 PC's are
| running XP Pro
|
| I have tried to place these keys onto the system but for some reason they
| keep failing & was wondering do I need to deactivate the invalid keys (by
| modifying the registry) & then activate using the valid keys
|
| or
|
| do I do a XP repair option on these pc's, will this ensure that the 2 PC's
| then have valid keys?
|
| I have tried using the Xppid but this did not work so would appreciate some
| assistance
|
| Many thanks