For Harry Ohrn

[William B. Lurie]

Harry, I followed that link (thank you!) and would like to message
you off-web on it. Please see link:

http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billurie/harry1.txt

William B.

Harry Ohrn wrote:

> Ok William. If you know or have every reason to believe that the
> Product Key
> is not an invalid key then perhaps by reinstalling SP1 from a download
> will
> help. This should get you by having to access either the Windows
> Update Site
> or the Windows Update Catalogue
> http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/winxpsp1.html

[Harry Ohrn]

8^)

--

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


"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> Harry, I followed that link (thank you!) and would like to message
> you off-web on it. Please see link:
>
> http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billurie/harry1.txt
>
> William B.
>
> Harry Ohrn wrote:
>
> > Ok William. If you know or have every reason to believe that the
> > Product Key
> > is not an invalid key then perhaps by reinstalling SP1 from a download
> > will
> > help. This should get you by having to access either the Windows
> > Update Site
> > or the Windows Update Catalogue
> > http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/winxpsp1.html
>
>
>
>
>

[William B. Lurie]

But running that 128 MB .EXE offline still leads
quickly to the same 'invalid product key' message.
So I revert back to my 'give Microsoft a chance
to catch up and breathe again mode' as expressed
before that offline attempt.
W B L

Harry Ohrn wrote:

> 8^) <<<<<<<I can't interpret this comment, Harry
>
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
> "William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Harry, I followed that link (thank you!) and would like to message
> > you off-web on it. Please see link:
> >
> > http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billurie/harry1.txt
> >
> > William B.
> >
> > Harry Ohrn wrote:
> >
> > > Ok William. If you know or have every reason to believe that the
> > > Product Key
> > > is not an invalid key then perhaps by reinstalling SP1 from a download
> > > will
> > > help. This should get you by having to access either the Windows
> > > Update Site
> > > or the Windows Update Catalogue
> > > http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/winxpsp1.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

--

William B. Lurie

[Harry Ohrn]

8^) is an emoticon similar to :-)

8 = glasses
^ = nose
) = smile



--

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


"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> But running that 128 MB .EXE offline still leads
> quickly to the same 'invalid product key' message.
> So I revert back to my 'give Microsoft a chance
> to catch up and breathe again mode' as expressed
> before that offline attempt.
> W B L
>
> Harry Ohrn wrote:
>
> > 8^) <<<<<<<I can't interpret this comment, Harry
> >
> > --
> >
> > Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
> > www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> >
> > "William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Harry, I followed that link (thank you!) and would like to message
> > > you off-web on it. Please see link:
> > >
> > > http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billurie/harry1.txt
> > >
> > > William B.
> > >
> > > Harry Ohrn wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok William. If you know or have every reason to believe that the
> > > > Product Key
> > > > is not an invalid key then perhaps by reinstalling SP1 from a
download
> > > > will
> > > > help. This should get you by having to access either the Windows
> > > > Update Site
> > > > or the Windows Update Catalogue
> > > > http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/winxpsp1.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
>
> William B. Lurie
>
>