Re: XP pro upgrade

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Shenan Stanley wrote:

Ted Moes wrote:
I am trying to upgrade from ME to XP pro and I keep getting and
error saying I need a pid, I have no idea what that is never have
run into that error.

Can you be more specific with the error?

PID = Product ID.
What that usually implies (the general message you seem to be
floating around) is that something is invalid/not genuine.

What type of CD is the Windows XP Prro CD?
Retail or Upgrade edition?

At what point in the upgrade do you get this message?

Ted Moes wrote:
It is an upgrade version and it comes up after I enter the key

Sounds like either you are entering the product key incorrectly or (0 or O,
1 or I, 5 or S, etc..) or the product key you are attempting to use isn't
legitimate/isn't the one for the type of CD (upgrade in your case) you are
using.

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