It sounds like this is what I need to do with my parents XP Computer problem. I think I have my legal cd of Windows 98 and then I can buy a XP Pro upgrade? And then do I just need to put in the legal key code per Sirtroths dl instructions? Cindy In a message dated 8/23/2005 3:22:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jmcclure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > Thank you Troth. Yes, I understand. I have my legitimate XP Pro disk all > legal and paid for sitting in it's wrapper! This started out innocent > enough when my computer guy put this on for me to try before buying. I had > had such a bad experience with XP early on when nothing worked with it so I > was very reluctant to go with XP. I finally agreed to let him give me a > trial run and then time went by and he did not get back to me to sell me the > > disk. I was naive enough to think it was already legal and I just needed to > > pay for it and keep it. When I decided to keep it and tried to pay for it > he said not to worry about it. So I didn't until I ran that validation > thing from Microsoft and it told me I had a pirated copy. Oh well, long > story. Anyway I do have the legal one and the product key is on the front > and very long. Thanks again for your help. > Joyce > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "~OoO~" <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:51 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows XP > > > >Download this, unzip and read it. It's a .doc file (MS Word). It'll > >explain > >finding the bad key and replacing it with a new 'valid' key. NOTE: This is > >not a heck to bypass or activate an illegitimate XP copy. You still need > >to > >get a valid key. All this tells you is how to find the bad key, and how to > >put the new key in. > > > >Unzip password is: pctechtalk > > > >DOWNLOAD: > >http://www.sirtroth.com/xp_product_key.zip > > > >---Troth > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/