Re: Windows XP product key does not work
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anjezatr wrote:
I had a Windows 98 2nd edition and wanted to upgrade to Windows home edition.
So, I bought a new hard drive and replaced the old one and bought a Windows
XP home edition CD (not an upgrade) on ebay without a product key, with the
understanding that the product key on my computer would work.
How could you possibly have thought that a Win98 Product Key would work
for WinXP?
Well it did
not work.
No, of course not.
So, I got the product key off the CD....
The Windows 25-character Product Key is not on the installation CD
in any way, shape, or form.
and that didn't work. What
can I do? Thanks.
Chalk this experience up as an expensive lesson and go buy a legitimate
license for WinXP Home Upgrade.
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