XP service Pack will not install

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Neil

Hi,
I upgraded a CPU and Motherboard to a Pentium IV
processor on an Intel MB for a client today, and when I
went to windows update to load SP2 I received an error
saying the product key might be pirated!?!?! and that I
could not proceed with the Service Pack installation.
What the ----! The OS was purchased from a retail store
and I can find nothing on the MSKB about this. Any
suggestions?? Besides telling my client to switch to
Linux??
Thanks in Advance,
Neil
 
Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

Run the Windows XP Product Key Validation Assistant:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/windows/default.mspx

You receive a "The product key used to install Windows is invalid" error message:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326904&Product=winxp

If you are getting the following error message when attempting to update:

"The product key used to install Windows is invalid"

You'll have to purchase a new "Full Version" of Windows XP Professional
and perform a "Repair Install" using the new Windows XP Pro CD and Product Key
that comes with it. (You cannot simply change the Product Key)

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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:

| Hi,
| I upgraded a CPU and Motherboard to a Pentium IV
| processor on an Intel MB for a client today, and when I
| went to windows update to load SP2 I received an error
| saying the product key might be pirated!?!?! and that I
| could not proceed with the Service Pack installation.
| What the ----! The OS was purchased from a retail store
| and I can find nothing on the MSKB about this. Any
| suggestions?? Besides telling my client to switch to
| Linux??
| Thanks in Advance,
| Neil
 
-----Original Message-----
Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

Run the Windows XP Product Key Validation Assistant:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/windows/de fault.mspx

You receive a "The product key used to install Windows is invalid" error message:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;326904&Product=winxp

If you are getting the following error message when attempting to update:

"The product key used to install Windows is invalid"

You'll have to purchase a new "Full Version" of Windows XP Professional
and perform a "Repair Install" using the new Windows XP Pro CD and Product Key
that comes with it. (You cannot simply change the Product Key)

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.a spx
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:

| Hi,
| I upgraded a CPU and Motherboard to a Pentium IV
| processor on an Intel MB for a client today, and when I
| went to windows update to load SP2 I received an error
| saying the product key might be pirated!?!?! and that I
| could not proceed with the Service Pack installation.
| What the ----! The OS was purchased from a retail store
| and I can find nothing on the MSKB about this. Any
| suggestions?? Besides telling my client to switch to
| Linux??
| Thanks in Advance,
| Neil
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That's Lovely.
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So, in order to support your product, my client must spend
the money to buy a copy of software that they have ALREADY
purchased once before? Nice Anti-piracy methods. I hope
you at lease screw the bad guys too.
 
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