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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Saturday, February 22, 2003 at 12:05 pm
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Posted by Andrew (1 messages posted)

i have a legit copy og windows xp and everytime i try 2 update it sais i have a "invalid cd key" or sum sh*t like that i phoned them and thier like "well this is not possible go to the person who sold it to you" i did this and they tell me to go 2 microsoft so im just wondeing what the hell should i do

On Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 10:26 pm, Derek wrote:

>Well, even though there will be service packs (it's Microsoft...service packs are 
>a given) along the way, I don't think they'll really fix your problem.  When your 
>computer just up and reboots, do you get a blue screen really quick that displays 
>an error?  99.9% of the errors I have in XP are because of really poorly coded drivers 
>from the manufacturer, not Microsoft.  
>
>Most of the errors I receive are from my Video card (nVidia GF3) and my Sound Card 
>(SBLIVE).  I updated the drivers, and *voila* my problems disappeared.  So, if I 
>were you, I would get all the drivers for your video card, sound card, motherboard, 
>modem, etc...ESPECIALLY if you upgraded from, say, 9x/Me.  
>
>Hope this helps!
>






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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Derek: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 10:26 pm)


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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Charlie: Friday, August 29, 2003 at 7:25 pm)

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Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Tony: Tue, Nov 20, 2001, 6:23 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Derek: Tue, Nov 20, 2001, 10:26 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Gerson: Wed, Nov 21, 2001, 7:17 am)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Andrew: Sat, Feb 22, 2003, 12:05 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Charlie: Fri, Aug 29, 2003, 7:25 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (dereck: Sat, May 26, 2007, 11:42 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Tim: Fri, Nov 23, 2001, 2:10 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (allen: Fri, Nov 23, 2001, 10:15 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Chris: Sun, Dec 2, 2001, 5:09 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Beecher Wood: Mon, Jan 14, 2002, 6:58 pm)

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