Endulini wrote:

I'm trying to install XP onto a P4 system but the install keeps
locking a minute or so after entering the licence key.

I was going in circles for a few hours in a similar situation when I
tried another XP installation CD.

The one I was using (a burned copy on a CD-r or maybe it was a DVD-r)
looked ok (visually) but it obviously had problems. An alternate CD
worked just fine. The system never threw up any sort of media error
during the install.