installing WinXP Service Pack 1 (Express)*

[Jim]

Hello,
I am having difficulty installing the WinXP Service Pack
1 (Express)* from the Windows Update Web page. The
downloading part is fine, however once I am requested to
begin the install(agree to user agreement etc.) I get an
error message saying:

The Product Key used to install Windows is invalid....

I have a product key (which came with the windows upgrade
I purchased). How can I solve the problem? Is there a way
of checking that the product key I entered was correctly
typed when I upgraded Windows.

Thank you,
Sincerely
Jim

[PA Bear]

See this page: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/invalpk.htm

Where or from whom did you purchase the WinXP upgrade, Jim?
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~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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Jim wrote:
> Hello,
> I am having difficulty installing the WinXP Service Pack
> 1 (Express)* from the Windows Update Web page. The
> downloading part is fine, however once I am requested to
> begin the install(agree to user agreement etc.) I get an
> error message saying:
>
> The Product Key used to install Windows is invalid....
>
> I have a product key (which came with the windows upgrade
> I purchased). How can I solve the problem? Is there a way
> of checking that the product key I entered was correctly
> typed when I upgraded Windows.
>
> Thank you,
> Sincerely
> Jim