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   relic to mortE@invalid.invalid.invalid.etc   
   Re: Win XP says my install CD is not val   
   21 Jan 11 09:43:26   
   
   From: relic211@cjb.net   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:1uajj6to9a90gbl2ipo5eu37i4cusd6s3o@4ax.com...   
   > I had to reinstall Win XP.  The dang validity check kept telling me   
   > that my registration key for the Win XP Install CD was no good.  I   
   > bought the Win XP CD along with my new comp about a year ago. It *is*   
   > the install CD  that installed the original Win XP on my machine.  The   
   > key sticker is right on the side of the comp's case.  How in the hell   
   > can MS  tell me the CD key is not correct?   
   >   
   > Has anyone else had this problem?   
   >   
   > (I should *never* have trusted Redmond by installing that "validity"   
   > check crap on my machine.)   
      
   Call Microsoft to validate. The phone number will show up when you select   
   that you are going to validate by phone. That would have taken less time   
   than it did to post your rant.   
      
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