Updating Service Pack 1 Error

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Sherman Smith

Everytime I try to update to SP1 i always get this
message "Windows XP SP1 is incompatible with this version
of Windows"... How do I resolve this problem
 
Sherman said:
Everytime I try to update to SP1 i always get this
message "Windows XP SP1 is incompatible with this version
of Windows"...
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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
 

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