Product key

[William B. Lurie]

XP SP1.......which is Product Key-sensitive.....
It downloaded and did its hour-long thing and installed
everything, and when it was done, I rebooted and
went back to Windows Update to see what other new
updates they were notifying me about. It must have been
satisfied with my Product Key at the start of that process.
And now it thinks I have a pirated Product Key, because
it won't do anything in Windows Update, and tells me
to report it.
Do I have any alternative other than phone in to discuss
it with somebody?

William B. Lurie

[Danny Bleu]

No.

"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
XP SP1.......which is Product Key-sensitive.....
It downloaded and did its hour-long thing and installed
everything, and when it was done, I rebooted and
went back to Windows Update to see what other new
updates they were notifying me about. It must have been
satisfied with my Product Key at the start of that process.
And now it thinks I have a pirated Product Key, because
it won't do anything in Windows Update, and tells me
to report it.
Do I have any alternative other than phone in to discuss
it with somebody?

William B. Lurie

[Harry Ohrn]

You are correct in that if SP1 was not satisfied with the Product Key it
would not have installed in the first place.What is the exact error message
that is being reported from Windows update site? The update site might be
experiencing problems due to the huge amount of traffic recently due to the
Blaster Worm.
--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> XP SP1.......which is Product Key-sensitive.....
> It downloaded and did its hour-long thing and installed
> everything, and when it was done, I rebooted and
> went back to Windows Update to see what other new
> updates they were notifying me about. It must have been
> satisfied with my Product Key at the start of that process.
> And now it thinks I have a pirated Product Key, because
> it won't do anything in Windows Update, and tells me
> to report it.
> Do I have any alternative other than phone in to discuss
> it with somebody?
>
> William B. Lurie
>
>

[Harry Ohrn]

Yep that looks like the message you should have received when you first
installed SP1 if you have a bad key. It is strange that it allowed you to
install at all.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> [Image]
>
> Above I hope you can see the whole screen. It starts with "Cannot validate
the
> Product Key.", and then
> "The Product Key used to install Windows is not valid. Please contact
system
> administrator or
> retailer to obtain valid product key"......
>
> Harry Ohrn wrote:
>
> > You are correct in that if SP1 was not satisfied with the Product Key it
> > would not have installed in the first place.What is the exact error
message
> > that is being reported from Windows update site? The update site might
be
> > experiencing problems due to the huge amount of traffic recently due to
the
> > Blaster Worm.
> > --
> >
> > Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
> > www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> >
> > "William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > XP SP1.......which is Product Key-sensitive.....
> > > It downloaded and did its hour-long thing and installed
> > > everything, and when it was done, I rebooted and
> > > went back to Windows Update to see what other new
> > > updates they were notifying me about. It must have been
> > > satisfied with my Product Key at the start of that process.
> > > And now it thinks I have a pirated Product Key, because
> > > it won't do anything in Windows Update, and tells me
> > > to report it.
> > > Do I have any alternative other than phone in to discuss
> > > it with somebody?
> > >
> > > William B. Lurie
> > >
> > >
>
> --
>
> William B. Lurie
>
>


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>
> Above I hope you can see the whole screen. It starts with "Cannot validate
the Product Key.", and then
> "The Product Key used to install Windows is not valid. Please contact
system administrator or
> retailer to obtain valid product key"......
>
> Harry Ohrn wrote:
>
> You are correct in that if SP1 was not satisfied with the Product Key it
> would not have installed in the first place.What is the exact error
message
> that is being reported from Windows update site? The update site might
be
> experiencing problems due to the huge amount of traffic recently due to
the
> Blaster Worm.
> --
> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
> "William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
> ...
> > XP SP1.......which is Product Key-sensitive.....
> > It downloaded and did its hour-long thing and installed
> > everything, and when it was done, I rebooted and
> > went back to Windows Update to see what other new
> > updates they were notifying me about. It must have been
> > satisfied with my Product Key at the start of that process.
> > And now it thinks I have a pirated Product Key, because
> > it won't do anything in Windows Update, and tells me
> > to report it.
> > Do I have any alternative other than phone in to discuss
> > it with somebody?
> >
> > William B. Lurie
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> William B. Lurie
>
>