incorrect key

[Guest]

hi there , i got a computer built some time ago, the company no longer exists. windows XP was installed and the man at the shop told me that he was lic ened to do so .
I have trided to install the latest update and it rejects it saying that the key is incorrect. can un help

 

[Willie]

You *Might* try here;
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246

Willie

hi there , i got a computer built some time ago, the company no longer

exists. windows XP was installed and the man at the shop told me that he was
lic ened to do so .

I have trided to install the latest update and it rejects it saying that

the key is incorrect. can un help

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Did he give you a Product Key and a method to restore the computer?
If not, he may have installed a stolen license.
See if this applies:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/invalpk.htm

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hi there , i got a computer built some time ago, the company no

longer exists. windows XP was installed and the man at the shop told
me that he was lic ened to do so .

I have trided to install the latest update and it rejects it saying

that the key is incorrect. can un help

 

[Guest]

they are saying that v5 update wont allow you to update unless you have a license key that can be verified it wont allow update of pirated keys

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If you are trying to install Service Pack 1a and getting the
following:

The Product Key Used to Install Windows Is Invalid
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q326904

You need to purchase and use a _legitimate_ full retail copy of
WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CD and Product Key.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

Remember, you should also report whomever sold/gave you the
pirated software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies; you've
been defrauded.


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hi there , i got a computer built some time ago, the company no

longer exists. windows XP was installed and the man at the shop told
me that he was lic ened to do so .

I have trided to install the latest update and it rejects it saying

that the key is incorrect. can un help

 

[Tom]

WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CD and Product Key.

Better yet, purchase an Upgrade retail version, and a full Win98, which can
(easily) be legally purchased for (in most cases) $20 - $50; they would
realize a minimum of $50 in savings, and all copies are transferable to
another PC, if they uninstall both from the previous.

I don't feel people need to give MS the full retail dollar value, when MS
actually offers an avenue to do otherwise.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

While this method will work to save the OP money, I don't believe
the Upgrade CD will perform a repair installation of the pirated VL
installation. (If anyone can confirm or disprove my assumption
experimentally, I'd be grateful.) This would leave the OP with the
option of having to perform a clean installation. Thus, it becomes a
trade-off between time & effort and "dollar" costs.

Bruce Chambers
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[Tom]

True, but a clean install would save money. It is really his choice. But
even then, he stated he got a PC from a company that no longer exists. So,
if the installation was a volume licenced one where activation isn't needed,
a repair install may not work even if the retail version is a full install
version, or am I wrong?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

I'd certainly agree that the decision on whether to save time _or_
money rests entirely with the OP. No doubt he values his time against
his own scale, rather than ours.

A repair installation using a full retail version of WinXP Pro
will install over the VL version, performing what Microsoft calls an
"in-place upgrade." There would be no need, assuming the process goes
smoothly, of reinstalling applications and reconfiguring most
user-specific customizations. I'm not at all sure that an WinXP Pro
Upgrade CD would be able to do this, but it may well be worth a try.
If it fails, the OP can always _then_ perform a clean installation,
once he's acquired a qualifying product, as you suggest.

Bruce Chambers
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