Re: Invalid Product key

Yes, and I spoke to the vendor. He says I'm screwed and that I should
reinstall the original disk, which would waste my operating system setup etc.

"Gary Tsang" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Did you use the same product key that was used for the initial installation
> during your repair instsallation?
>
> --
> Gary Tsang
> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>
> "Chris Whitfield" <ChrisWhitfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:AFD98E85-41F2-4EB3-B11B-C7EE3E8998FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I've repaired my corrupted version of XP media center 2004 with a media
> > 2005
> > installation. But neither Product Key are considered valid, so I'm fairly
> > screwed.
> > Any other ideas?
>
>
>
.

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