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[Guest]

Is there anyway to get SP2 on my computer?I bought it at
a flee market from abdula hussad it came with a XP dvd
copy that was a bootleg.i have not been able to get
updates at all for it.the police said i should known
better for only paying $100 US dollars for such a
computer it had to be bootleged or stolen.stolen it was
not for they ran the serial nombers.Will updates be
available soon in India for sp2?ihave heard that i can
get updates now>

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

A Service Pack will not install on a "bootleg version"
of Windows XP. Sorry!

Please see the following:

You receive a "The product key used to install Windows is invalid" error message:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326904&Product=winxp

Run the Windows XP Product Key Validation Assistant:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/windows/default.mspx

If you are getting the following error message when attempting to update:

"The product key used to install Windows is invalid"

You'll have to purchase a new "Full Version" of Windows XP Professional
and perform a "Repair Install" using the new Windows XP Pro CD and Product Key
that comes with it. (You cannot simply change the Product Key)

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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Question from India:

| Is there anyway to get SP2 on my computer?I bought it at
| a flee market from abdula hussad it came with a XP dvd
| copy that was a bootleg.i have not been able to get
| updates at all for it.the police said i should known
| better for only paying $100 US dollars for such a
| computer it had to be bootleged or stolen.stolen it was
| not for they ran the serial nombers.Will updates be
| available soon in India for sp2?ihave heard that i can
| get updates now>

 

[TonySper]

The last article I read said that SP2 will be able to be installed on
a bootleg copy. Try it and see.
TonySper


A Service Pack will not install on a "bootleg version"
of Windows XP. Sorry!

Please see the following:

You receive a "The product key used to install Windows is invalid"
error message:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326904&Product=winxp

Run the Windows XP Product Key Validation Assistant:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/windows/default.mspx

If you are getting the following error message when attempting to
update:

"The product key used to install Windows is invalid"

You'll have to purchase a new "Full Version" of Windows XP
Professional
and perform a "Repair Install" using the new Windows XP Pro CD and
Product Key
that comes with it. (You cannot simply change the Product Key)

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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Question from India:

| Is there anyway to get SP2 on my computer?I bought it at
| a flee market from abdula hussad it came with a XP dvd
| copy that was a bootleg.i have not been able to get
| updates at all for it.the police said i should known
| better for only paying $100 US dollars for such a
| computer it had to be bootleged or stolen.stolen it was
| not for they ran the serial nombers.Will updates be
| available soon in India for sp2?ihave heard that i can
| get updates now>

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

If the article said all illegal keys, it was wrong.
Not all but most.
There are some stolen keys that a Service Pack will not install.
In any case the proper thing to do is for the OP to buy what he is
using and stop using stolen software.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
If the article said all illegal keys, it was wrong.
Not all but most.
There are some stolen keys that a Service Pack will not install.
In any case the proper thing to do is for the OP to buy what he is
using and stop using stolen software.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/





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i have not think about it that way i will look into

purchasing the proper documents needed to put on my
machine.if i purchase proper copy may i still put my
information from said computer to full virsion XP

 

[TonySper]

Jupiter,
Of course you are correct, he should not use bootleg copies, but the
question was "Can you install SP2 on it" The answer is yes. But again
like you corrected, not on all of them.
TonySper

If the article said all illegal keys, it was wrong.
Not all but most.
There are some stolen keys that a Service Pack will not install.
In any case the proper thing to do is for the OP to buy what he is
using and stop using stolen software.