Stupid Activation

I bought a new Pc in January, and installed Windows XP and used the same
registration key as my old computer, every thing has been fine until today,
when my computer has asked mye to activate windows.

I have gone into the activaiton screen and entered the registration key
exactly from the label on my old PC. However I get an error message saying
"According to our records, the number of times you can activate windows
withthis registration key has exceeded"????????? How I've been using it for
years. Can anyone help?

I have no intention of paying microsoft for another copy of XP, when I have
already done so.

I have only 3 days left before windows stops...........help.........
.

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