Product Key XP Pro

[Guest]

I'm having troubles with upgrades for XP Pro as it keeps telling me that I
have an unregistered version of XP. I've recently purchased an OEM version of
XP Pro and would like to update the product key, how do I do this without
reloading XP all together?

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

I'm having troubles with upgrades for XP Pro as it keeps telling me that I
have an unregistered version of XP. I've recently purchased an OEM version of
XP Pro and would like to update the product key, how do I do this without
reloading XP all together?

This may help :-

Windows XP Product Key Modifier
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2745.html

or

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml (look under options)

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You have to do a repair install with the new disk, you can't simply change
the Product Key. See:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I'm having troubles with upgrades for XP Pro as it keeps telling me that I
have an unregistered version of XP. I've recently purchased an OEM version of
XP Pro and would like to update the product key, how do I do this without
reloading XP all together?

There's no way to simply change the Product Key. Product Keys are
bound to the specific type and language of CD and/or license (OEM,
Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they are purchased. For
example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for any retail version
of WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and vice versa. An
upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with a full version CD, and vice
versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to install a retail product.
An Italian Product Key will not work with an English CD. Bottom line:
Product Keys and CD types cannot be mixed & matched.

If you are trying to install a WinXP Service Pack 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 a _legitimate_ retail or OEM full license
of WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CDs and Product Keys.

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


--

Bruce Chambers

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[Larry Samuels]

Nope--you can't swap a vl key with an OEM key.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
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[GreenieLeBrun]

Nope--you can't swap a vl key with an OEM key.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-

The OP did not state what type of licence he has.

 

[Larry Samuels]

9 times out of ten a pirated copy is VL.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

9 times out of ten a pirated copy is VL.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-

True, but the OP did not state he had a pirated copy, what he may have
is a machine that the manufacturer had installed an XP image with a key
already entered. We had this problem when we purchased a number of
machines for one of our undergraduate labs. The machines were identical
so the manufacturer installed XP to one machine, made an image of that
machine and then transfered that image to all the other machine,
result, 20 or so machines with the same product key so rather than
reinstall XP to all the units we just changed the product keys to the
correct ones that were attached to the side of the units using a key
modifier.

As an aside Microsoft have just released a product key modifier utility
:-
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50346&clcid=0x409