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I've just been trying to reinstall an OEM version of XP to correct some bugs
in my PC. When I get to the point of entering the product key it says it is
not valid. I'm pretty confident the software is genuine - holograms etc are
all as they should be, etc - but the original installation of XP on the PC
seems to be different to the product key I'm using. I'm wondering if an OEM
version will not install without a hard drive re-format if there is an
existing version of XP already installed. Or is this just a problem with
the validity of my product key? If the latter, what can I do about it?
I've just been trying to reinstall an OEM version of XP to correct some bugs
in my PC. When I get to the point of entering the product key it says it is
not valid. I'm pretty confident the software is genuine - holograms etc are
all as they should be, etc - but the original installation of XP on the PC
seems to be different to the product key I'm using. I'm wondering if an OEM
version will not install without a hard drive re-format if there is an
existing version of XP already installed. Or is this just a problem with
the validity of my product key? If the latter, what can I do about it?