service pack 1 update

[Guest]

my laptop came with its own installation of windows with its own seriel number i lost that copy and bought a new copy to install when i had to format my hard drive, when i got to install the xp service pack from the net it says that the seriel number used to install windows is invalid how can i change the seriel number on the computer to that of the new copy of windows

 

[Shenan Stanley]

my laptop came with its own installation of windows with its own
seriel number i lost that copy and bought a new copy to install when
i had to format my hard drive, when i got to install the xp service
pack from the net it says that the seriel number used to install
windows is invalid how can i change the seriel number on the computer
to that of the new copy of windows

Why are you not using the number off the new CD you bought to do the
install?
Or did you and that one is invalid?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Dave;
The replacement may be a stolen license:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/invalpk.htm

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

my laptop came with its own installation of windows with its own

seriel number i lost that copy and bought a new copy to install when i
had to format my hard drive, when i got to install the xp service pack
from the net it says that the seriel number used to install windows is
invalid how can i change the seriel number on the computer to that of
the new copy of windows

 

[luminos]

my laptop came with its own installation of windows with its own seriel

number i lost that copy and bought a new copy to install when i had to
format my hard drive, when i got to install the xp service pack from the net
it says that the seriel number used to install windows is invalid how can i
change the seriel number on the computer to that of the new copy of windows

Serial. Serial. Serial. Finally, learn some grammar.

 

[dglock]

where did you buy the new copy?
from ebay?
don

-----Original Message-----
my laptop came with its own installation of windows with

its own seriel number i lost that copy and bought a new
copy to install when i had to format my hard drive, when
i got to install the xp service pack from the net it says
that the seriel number used to install windows is invalid
how can i change the seriel number on the computer to
that of the new copy of windows

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Are you 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 you the pirated
software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies; you've been
defrauded.

Another option, of course, would be to contact the laptop's
manufacturer and obtain a replacement for the original lost CD.

Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

my laptop came with its own installation of windows with its own seriel number i lost that copy and bought a new copy to install when i had to format my hard drive, when i got to install the xp service pack from the net it says that the seriel number used to install windows is invalid how can i change the seriel number on the computer to that of the new copy of windows

Looks like you got caught. A lot of copies have been put out by
unscrupulous parties - often selling to innocent people - which have
used one of a couple of pirated keys, with no payments going back to
Microsoft. Microsoft has explicitly prevented machines that were
installed with these keys from installing SP1. Check in Control Panel -
System for the Product ID number under your name - if it fits

XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX
or
XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX

Where X represents any digit, you have one of these keys. You can
approach the vendor for redress and provision of a legitimate copy,
threatening MSoft legal department - if no satisfaction, you could try a
report of the details to
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/default.asp