In message , "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
writes
In message , NoonMoon
writes:
The MS validate keeps popping up on my Win XP pro laptop.

I have a valid key.

When I click on the link it takes me to MS Validate but I do not get a
web page in Firefox (latest for Win XP), it is blank.

How do I resolve this ?

Is this a newly or recently built (or modified) system, or one that has
been fine for some time and has just started doing this?

Quite. The OP doesn't say if this is happening with an existing
installation, or if it's a new installation (which is more likely).

It's over a year since I last did a new XP installation. [I like to do
one every so often 'just to keep my hand in', and every time I do one,
the procedure seems to be slightly different, and gets more difficult.]
However, if I remember correctly, for a long time IE6 has not allowed
you to access the validation server - and IE8 is essential.

To get IE8, I believe you need to have installed all the service packs.
[I think it comes with SP3, or if not, when you install SP3, it goes to
the internet and downloads IE8 as an update.] There are other things you
might need to do later to get the other updates - like install Update
Agent - but IIRC, you can't really get the updates until you get XP
validated.

Instead of ploughing through the normal Microsoft XP installation and SP
disks, it might be worth trying the 'SP4' route. Unfortunately, at the
moment. I've forgotten what you do!
--
Ian