Re: Invalid registration code

From: Harry Ohrn (harry---_at_webtree.ca)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:11:06 -0600

The following comes from the Windows XP Product Activation FAQ posted by
Microsoft. It appears that your options are to try to get a legitimate
version from the shop that supplied you with the illegal version, report
them to Microsoft's Anti piracy depart (address below) and or purchase a
legitimate version.
What should a customer do if they find they unwittingly acquired a pirated
copy of Windows XP? How can a customer acquire a legitimate license for
Windows XP if they find that theirs is pirated?
The customer should go back to the point of purchase and demand a refund or
a genuine copy of Windows XP. Customers can also contact Microsoft directly
at http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/default.asp and report the
piracy.

Customers can acquire a legitimate copy of Windows XP from a trusted
retailer or PC manufacturer.

What are the product keys that are affected by this?
We are not publishing the product keys themselves, however the product IDs
generated from these product keys are (where X may be any numeric value):

  a.. XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX
  b.. XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX
The product ID can be found by right clicking on My Computer and choosing
Properties and viewing the General tab. 

-- 
Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
"Jim Deck" <Jim Deck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:822B04ED-886A-4336-AE73-44695C370526@microsoft.com...
> About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs.  At that 
> time,
> I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME.  The shop lost my system disks 
> but
> upgraded me to XP Pro.  Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy 
> of
> XP Pro with a registration number.  So, now I'm having hard drive problems
> and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk 
> and
> registration number.  They are replacing my hard drive and have just 
> informed
> me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the
> Registration number was invalid.  Prior to this time, I had no problems 
> with
> upgrades.  I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but 
> what
> are my alternatives if it's not?

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