On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:05:31 -0000, "Jumbo Jack"    
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   > 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.)   
   >   
   >Did you install the OS using that disc....one year ago. Or did you buy the   
   >comp with XP installed by the builder.   
   >   
      
   I had the computer assembled by a local shop.  The CD I bought is what   
   they used to install Win XP Pro on that same computer.  Once before I   
   had a cataclysmic crash which forced me to reinstall the entire Win XP   
   and every driver, program, etc., all over again on my machine.   
   Everything was fine that time. I didn't get this nonsense about an   
   invalid CD.  The dang CD cost me about $130.  The only reason I can   
   fathom as to its not being registered now is because of the half-assed   
   validation nonsense MS is now using when updating my box.   
      
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