Winxp, Sp1 And Affected Product Id's

[Brave01Heart]

Hi to all users

Just read this over at www.windowsxp.nu:

Windows XP SP1 Will Not Install on Known Pirated Installations
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.

Interesting or what!

Regards

[jefexp]

Quote:

Originally posted by Jefexp@July 22 2002, 05:48 AM
"The only folks impacted by the changes we are making in SP1 are people with illegal copies of Windows."

HELLOOOOO.....that is the whole point of the story. If you had a legal copy, why would you be concerned????

As I said before on the old rumor (which was then discounted and now back again), Microsoft is telling everyone that if you have a illegal copy...you are screwed.

End of story.....



Last edited by jefexp at Aug 16 2002, 09:37 AM

[DoG]

Wrong. As long as your system's product ID doesnt contain any of those 2 strings then you can update to sp1- irrespective of whether its a legit key or not

[VP]

Hmmmm.
Something does not add up here.
PID:XXXXX-649-6478953-23XXX is also disallowed.

[Dilio]

Quote:

Originally posted by VP@Aug 16 2002, 01:17 PM
Hmmmm.
Something does not add up here.
PID:XXXXX-649-6478953-23XXX is also disallowed.

hmmmm.....how do you know?

[Bads]

I think I am safe with my key

[ginfest]

Here's an idea:
I went into "Regedt32" and did a search for "ProductId".
I found all entries, some entries with both binary and regular numbers. Changed the offending #(s) and re-booted. PID is now changed and all works well.
Comments?

Mike G

edit: note, I only had 2 of the offending digits in my PID, only changed those 2, NOT the whole PID!



Last edited by ginfest at Aug 17 2002, 05:28 AM