CD key not valid after slipstreaming sp3

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Wildprairie

I am trying to upgrade a laptop with an oem mce 2004 system. I have an older
version xp pro upgrade disk and when I try it, I get a message that the
installed version is newer than the one I am trying to install. I
slipstreamed sp3 into the disk and now it is willing to make the upgrade, but
then says my cd key is not valid.

FYI concerns about piracy: The xppro disk was on a P3 that I salvaged for
parts. It will be on only 1 machine.

PS: When I start a clean install with the original disk it does accept the
key that came with it. I also tried all the keys in the pid.inf and the
unattend.txt files.
 
After I posted my question, I installed an old version of xp home on a clean
hd and tried upgrading with my slipstreamed disk. It worked fine, so the
trouble must be with mce 2004 ???
 
I am trying to upgrade a laptop with an oem mce 2004 system.  I have anolder
version xp pro upgrade disk and when I try it, I get a message that the
installed version is newer than the one I am trying to install.  I
slipstreamed sp3 into the disk and now it is willing to make the upgrade,but
then says my cd key is not valid.

FYI concerns about piracy: The xppro disk was on a P3 that I salvaged for
parts.  It will be on only 1 machine.

PS: When I start a clean install with the original disk it does accept the
key that came with it.  I also tried all the keys in the pid.inf and the
unattend.txt files.
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XP versions and CD keys are not interchangeable! Media Centre Edition
(MCE) keys require a MCE install media. XP Pro CD requires an XP Pro
key. You can not update the XP while using a different type of CD
key.

MCE XP version is a modified XP Pro version with a lot of network
setting removed and additional "media" applications added.
 
Thanks smlunatick for responding. However, the first key I tried in many
attempts was the one that came with the xp pro disk. Sorry if I worded the
original question poorly.
 
The key supplied was for the original cd and service pack level, since you
added the scv pk3 I would think the install key is no longer valid.
since you discovered this by installing clean and using the original cd,
problem solved.
 
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