In an email sent to OEM system builders MS tells:

When released, Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows XP will not install if it identifies the underlying Windows XP installation as a known pirated installation. SP1 identifies known pirated installations by their Product IDs. The Product ID is generated from the Product Key used during install and can be found by choosing My Computer, then Properties, and viewing the General tab.

SP1 will not install on installations with the following product IDs containing the following serial numbers (note that X takes the place of any other value): XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX, & XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX. Users of licensed Microsoft software will be unaffected. If SP1 is installed on a Windows XP installation with one of the above product IDs, SP1 installation will fail and error with the following message: Service Pack 1 Setup Error: The product key used to install Windows is invalid.

Please contact your system administrator or retailer immediately to obtain a valid product key. You may also contact Microsoft Corporation?s Anti-Piracy Team by emailing /piracy@microsoft.com if you think you have purchased pirated Microsoft software. Please be assured that any personal information you send to the Microsoft Anti-Piracy team will be kept in strict confidence.


Thanks to bink for this news



PittPull

...bad luck...
...mine look like this: 55274-640-0000356-23306...

So i will go back to win 2k.

Thanks for these informations,

Mine is safe ;)

Is that the only reason for going back to Win2k? Just get a key that will work.

Isnt the product id changed per the key, why not just change the key as everyone has done I assume, and be cool. Or am I missing something

I'm a newbie and changing the key was pretty easy, SP1 beta installed without a problem. Fairly confident there won't be a problem with the final version.

there are over 100 keys leaked alrady and only one is blocked lol

well tks 4 da info, i haven't installed XP yet. (but i have already used it earlier) i am gonna slipstream xp with sp1. so wanna c wot happens after that! ;)

thanx for da info, pittpull

Yep thx Pittpull :)

Homie