Invalid Product Key

[fred]

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I have a HP PC which came with XP Home installed, somebody installed XP Pro
on it, which was need for Domain access. Now when ever I try to install any
current patches from windows update or the latest service pack, I get a
error message about invalid product key.

I have rerun product activatation and it just tells me the activation is
completed already. oobe/msoobe /a is what I ran to activate it again.

I don't know what product key was used to original activate XP Pro, but I
would like to fix this problem.

Any thoughts or suggestion would be appreciated.


Thanks in Advance

Fred

 

[Guest]

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Get this free download to see if you can recover your key...
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

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"fred" wrote:

> I have a HP PC which came with XP Home installed, somebody installed XP Pro
> on it, which was need for Domain access. Now when ever I try to install any
> current patches from windows update or the latest service pack, I get a
> error message about invalid product key.
>
> I have rerun product activatation and it just tells me the activation is
> completed already. oobe/msoobe /a is what I ran to activate it again.
>
> I don't know what product key was used to original activate XP Pro, but I
> would like to fix this problem.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestion would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Fred
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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fred wrote:
> I have a HP PC which came with XP Home installed, somebody installed XP Pro
> on it, which was need for Domain access. Now when ever I try to install any
> current patches from windows update or the latest service pack, I get a
> error message about invalid product key.
>
> I have rerun product activatation and it just tells me the activation is
> completed already. oobe/msoobe /a is what I ran to activate it again.
>
> I don't know what product key was used to original activate XP Pro, but I
> would like to fix this problem.
>



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 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

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See if this applies:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/invalpk.htm

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"fred" <dude@netescape.net> wrote in message
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>I have a HP PC which came with XP Home installed, somebody installed XP Pro
>on it, which was need for Domain access. Now when ever I try to install any
>current patches from windows update or the latest service pack, I get a
>error message about invalid product key.
>
> I have rerun product activatation and it just tells me the activation is
> completed already. oobe/msoobe /a is what I ran to activate it again.
>
> I don't know what product key was used to original activate XP Pro, but I
> would like to fix this problem.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestion would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Fred
>