Have you made sure that the installation media you used matches the type of key? E.G. OEM key (The type that are attached to the case) needs an OEM disk; retail needs retail and VLK needs VLK. Cheers, Ben. On 10/2/12, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I've got a machine here that had it's copy of xp home reinstalled. Let me emphasize this is a legally purchased valid disk and with a key. Now it's screaming about activation. It's been activated before once. When I try to activate it now it's saying that xp home is no longer available. This is not going to be welcome to the system's owner, who does not want to go 7 at this time. Is there a painless way I can get this system activated so I can use windows update? I'm needing to get MSE on it.
Thanks. Dave.
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