Re: Windows XP Service Pack 1

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:32:55 -0700

James;
It sounds like you have pirated Windows XP.
See if this applies:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/invalpk.htm 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"JamesT" <JamesT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:0E1FAC7B-ACBC-44EC-93C4-996DB0527DF7@microsoft.com...
> it says version 2002. I tried downloading sp1 again and it said invalid
> product key. is there any simple way around that? will the whole download
> have deleted itself automatically because of that?
>
> "Jupiter Jones  [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> James;
>> Right click My Computer
>> Click Properties.
>> What does the last line under "System" say?
>>
>> -- 
>> Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>>
>>
>> "JamesT" <JamesT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1D9279BA-0CC2-418D-A498-4450132F5524@microsoft.com...
>> > I've tried to download XP service pack 1 and thought I had succeeded
>> > yesterday after almost an hour waiting for it to finish. However, when
>> > trying
>> > to install a USB2.0 driver, it said that I need to upgrade to Xp 
>> > Service
>> > Pack
>> > 1.
>> >
>> > Windows Update is confusing and difficult to use. It always ends up at 
>> > the
>> > same page and I'm not sure if I've downloaded just components of SP1, 
>> > or
>> > the
>> > whole thing. How can one find this out by searching the computer's 
>> > files
>> > and
>> > folders?
>>
>>
>>

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