To use a Windows XP product key from above, follow the easy steps below. Click on the Start button. Right-click on Computer and go to Properties. At the bottom, click on Windows Activation. Now you’ll have an option to change the Windows XP Professional product key. Click on this option and enter your Windows XP product key.
'The OS will not update to SP2.'- Windows XP Pro keys installed on this computer was not assigned by Microsoft. The key is counterfeit and was most likely generated by a key generator. The product key found on your computer has been detected on multiple computers.
- Genuine windows xp professional sp3 + product key. Condition is New. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class Large Letter.
There are many possible causes of that.
One of them is....
Windows Setup will accept any Product Key that conforms to the rules for the algorithm that is required for the XP version you're installing,
The SP2 updates installation checks on the web in the background to see if the Product Key your Windows installation is using is one known to Microsoft as having been fraudulently used.
(If the Product Key that was used was found on the web, Microsoft probably has that Product Key listed as having been fraudulently used.)
If that DOES find the Product Key has been fraudulently used, you get a message about that, and then the SP2 updates installation quits.
Windows Xp Genuine Key List Free
If that's the same or similar as what happened for you....
Microsoft is no longer selling any XP version to be sold as a retail or an OEM version, but you MAY still be able to PAY to get the kit, or at least PAY for a genuine Product Key.
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
http://kbalertz.com/932301/Frequent...
Article ID: 932301 - Last Review: September 10, 2011 - Revision: 2.0
Frequently asked questions about the Windows Genuine Advantage Kit
How do I use the Windows Genuine Advantage Kit to install a genuine copy of Windows XP?
A3: To convert your counterfeit Windows XP software to a genuine copy of Windows XP by using a new product key, you must download and run the Windows Product Key Update Tool. You must use the same computer that you used to purchase the electronic license for Windows XP. To download the Windows Product Key Update Tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Lin... (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=45668) The Windows Product Key Update Tool will guide you through the process that converts the counterfeit Windows XP software to a genuine copy of Windows XP.
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It's still there on the Microsoft web site:
Frequently asked questions about the Windows Genuine Advantage Kit
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932301
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If you did not PAY for a kit, or PAY for a genuine Product Key, if you otherwise have a genuine Product Key for the Windows version that was installed, OEM or Retail, whichever it is, for XP Home, it doesn't matter whether the CD had no SP updates, or SPx updates, then you can change the fraudulent key to the genuine key,
either by using the Windows Product Key Update Tool,
or by following the procedure in this article:
Get IT Done: Change the product key on Windows XP
http://www.techrepublic.com/article...
The script file method works ONLY for Volume licensed versions of XP.
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Windows Xp Activation Key List
The official Microsoft sticker that has the Product Key on it for the computer is supposed to be stuck onto the outside of the computer case. If the computer came with it, that's a genuine Product Key on that sticker that will probably NOT be found to have been fraudulently used.
You can use the Product Key on that sticker with a CD that is intended for the SAME version of XP as on that sticker - Home , Pro, or Pro 64 bit, for the same type of license - OEM, retail, or Volume - whether the CD has / had no SP updates, or SPx updates.
If the CD is a copy of a Windows CD, or a 'slipstreamed' CD e.g. which has had the SP3 updates integrated into the original contents of a Windows CD, which version of XP the CD was intended for can be determined by examining a certain file on the CD.