Microsoft windows xp genuine verification

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What does that mean? They should work, since Microsoft sent the disks and asked me to use them for an reinstall. If I read your reply correctly, there is no Microsoft or any other website that can say if the key is valid. What a shame, and what a pain to have to call the licensing center and try to explain. I will give it a try -- but is there someone at Microsoft I can just email the key and have them check?

After all the install procedure must be doing a check to return an "invalid key". There is a program named MGADaig with will tell you about product key is valid or not or blocked. I am using the disk and product sent by Microsoft. The product key was printed actually printed on a sticker, described in my post, and attached on the inside of the cardboard mailer. I don't see this mentioned in the several posts, so I am going to make the assumption that you have never been able to get these discs to install XP successfully.

Other than trying my suggestion about slipstreaming SP3 and making a new working installation disc, at this point you should probably contact Microsoft's support so they can look into the product keys.

Unfortunately, you are in a chicken-or-the-egg situation in that to get support you first have to have the product installed, which is a conundrum if your problem is that you can't install the product!!! That's one more argument for slipstreaming SP3 and making a new installation discafter SP3 is slipstreamed, XP Pro will install without entering a valid product key it will use a default non-activatable product key, just like Vista and W7 do when installed without a product key.

An internet search will show a million articles on how to slipstream. Or download nLite which is a very easy free and safe utility for doing same. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Can I remove through the registry?

Microsoft is telling me to talk with vendor who sold me the computer since the software is OEM. I think in a couple of months I will be over this problem for good, I have an Apple macbook and it is great no weekly updates to fix problems in the operating system, no progams to monitor my activities or check to see if all my programs are geniune. Support help that is here in the United States not in some far far away land.

Plus the operating system is so much easier to use. Maybe time to get an IMAC. How easy is linux to install and will it run all and any software programs such as a Trading Platforms which was a major draw back to owning an Apple. Pages: [ 1 ] Go Up. SMF 2.