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177094 2003-09-28 04:43:00 > Ms only blocked 2 product keys,there is zero chance
> that your install is using that key unless you have
> the wared version of xp.

Only 2? Where do you get those figures???

> What whover on the phone told you was complete
> bollucks.

Possible, but I'd say they could be right.

Mike.
Mike (15)
177095 2003-09-28 04:53:00 > > Ms only blocked 2 product keys,there is zero
> chance
> > that your install is using that key unless you
> have
> > the wared version of xp.
>
> Only 2? Where do you get those figures???

The reason I ask is because after a quick Google search I found a site that lists 87 codes that are blacklisted by XP SP1. In otherwords, if any of those codes are detected when SP1 is installed, it'll complain. I'm sure there are many many others that have also been blacklisted by SP1.

Microsoft has announced (they have a Knowledge Base article somewhere) that there are two "bogus" product keys, which have been blocked - I suspect this is what you're referring to?

Mike.
Mike (15)
177096 2003-09-28 05:10:00 Depending on where the computer was bought, the retailers might have been doing dubious things. There was a retailer just off K Road in Auckland who were using the same Microsoft Office key for all their preinstalled systems, and didn't have volume licencing either... agent (30)
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