problems activating burnt copy

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My cousin burnt me a copy of Windows XP and it all installed fine. It
should be all legal because I paid $20 for it. It was all working fine
until my virus scanner told me to install Service Pack 2. I went onto
the Microsoft's website and download Service Pack 2. I only have
dial-up and 150MB a month to download. My ISP charges 15c per MB when I
download more. After it downloaded I went to install it but it told me
I had to activate. I chose to activate by Internet but they said my
copy was not legal, but I paid for it like I said. I would activate by
phone instead, but I can't because I only have 1 phone line. Can I
organise for someone to come to my house to activate it for me? I will
pay for someone to do it but I only have $30 of pocket money left until
next month.

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