Invalid Product Key

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help_me - 20 Mar 2012 à 03:07
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 - 20 Mar 2012 à 16:26
Hello,

Hi can someone help me pls. My sister moved to OZ last year so she gave me her pc, just 2 days ago it asked me to Activate Window, which I tried witht the product key given to me by microsoft. But the problem is it kept saying "Incorrect Product Key" so i tried going into safe mode to activate it but it says I cant active window on safe mode!.. So plsssss can someone help me on wath to do next..oh i even pushed f10 just to get through system recovery but it just takes me to Setup Utility.
its for Window XP professional..thnx

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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
20 Mar 2012 à 16:26
One of the options is to activate by phone and not over the internet.
I suggest you try that. You may need to speak to a real person since it sounds like the computer may have had another copy of Windows installed that does not match the key you have.

Good Luck