Invalid product key. legit copy.

[Sid]

My friend has got a fairly new computer with
Windows XP installed on it.

There is a sticker/label on the side of the computer
containing the product key.

However when he boots up he is confronted with
an error message which says the product key
is invalid.

He has a windows XP OEM disk.

What could have gone wrong. How can he fix it?

Sid.

 

[Touch Base]

| My friend has got a fairly new computer with
| Windows XP installed on it.
|
| There is a sticker/label on the side of the computer
| containing the product key.
|
| However when he boots up he is confronted with
| an error message which says the product key
| is invalid.
|
| He has a windows XP OEM disk.
|
| What could have gone wrong. How can he fix it?
|
| Sid.

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Take it back to the place you bought it from and get then to sort it.

 

[Guest]

you can also reinstall windows with the cd. insert cd and run setup from the
desktop or run the cd from boot up. when you select new install, windows will
see a copy of the o.s. already installed and provide the option to repair
windows. then it will ask for the key, which you should have on the cd. if
it works your ok. if not it will simply give you a toll free number where a
rep will give you the activation code.... (the vendor probably installed
windows on all the computers using a disk image method.)