This is a fantastic forum. I have been reading the threads since Sept 2002. Keep up the fantastic work all of you. I certainly have gained a lot of knowledge from this site.

if they arent using a 64x based PID and really narrowed down to the PID range you listed chances are they arent using Volume License editions of XP then.

uve only posted that 1 time in 1 and 1/2 years?????


rofl lol u should get into the convos more

a belated Welcome to IEX to you

Good to see some members actually reading the posts and threads. Congrats on your first post.

BTW....You wil have noticed by this time that we do have some retards on the boards who lack the brainpower to think before they post.

They use XP Corp with the PID 640-0538676

I just would like to express my appreciation for what you guys do I just joined here but by just reading this thread I am shocked at your abilities. You guys rock! Keep up the good work hopefully one day I will gain enough skill be of some help to you all.

I have installed SP2 and successfully got Windows Update v5 to work. Took a little while to do research on what key work, but I got it. Before that Windows Update used to say "Invalid Key".

I've tried using a 640-566993x and a 640-000576x VLK key with my SP1 Corporate Edition and I get this when I goto Windows Update V5 :-/....


[Error number: 0x80244028]
Cannot validate the product key
The product key used to install Microsoft Windows may not be valid. For more information about why you have received this error message, and steps you can take to resolve this issue, please visit How to Tell.


What am I doing wrong? Are there any registry changes I can make to go back to V4 of WindowsUpdate?

@ winxpuser23
You need to reboot after changing PID.

Doh! :-)... thank you... I rebooted and I got on (w the 640-000576x key, didn't reboot with -566993x)..

However, the only available update fails to download, but whatever.. it's the BITS and WinHTTP 5 thing... wonder if I need SP2 to use it...

hi

i want to thank you all this topic help me. it has all what people need in one.
now is my PID xxxxx-640-00056xx-xxxxx and i can go to WU v.5

...my only concern is once the final release SP2 comes out, as taco eludes to, there will be other tricks up Microsoft's many sleeves to use with WU v5...

...is it safe to say, that even though a key/PID may work today (with SP2) , it could go awry later on if Microsoft so wishes to blacklist the said key/PID?....some clarification on this would be wonderful!

...many thanks to the hard work of some here...very awesone work/research....

We'll find out fairly soon...

Here is My ...

While reading this forum and figuring out what was going on, I Googled my way to finding the tools that I need...In case anyone else had a hard time finding the complete zip, there was one place that offered it...

However, there was some little work around/trick, to register for ebay first, to fill in the blanks...Rather than have anyone else go through the trouble, I'll save you some...

The first three words are: bid and buy
The next three words are: eBay Bid Confirmed

((( whew )))

My first post...Helped...Now, it's time to stick my hand out...

Shine,
AYHJA

^^What?^^

Since i was here an long time ago, i am not here to rant or anything. I am just here to give you an little info.

Today the Bluelist keygen is useless.

A: It makes an random keys from 640 to 650, anything other then 640 does not work whit winxp sp2
B: Find an keygen called MSKey4in1 it makes new S* in 1sec and does not use the brute force way as the bluelist keygen.

yo jonfr!

Bluelist is still good, people will just have to test there keys to make sure they find a working 640 PID. No big deal though, more options that are out there the better.

It's an waste of good cpu time (bluelist keygen). The keygen i have now makes new keys in seconds and every single one of them in the 640 line.

AYHJA,
And a sweet first post it was.
Thank you!
Long time Lurker/First Post

You're quite welcome sir, I was pretty sure that I wasn't the only one that ran across the only site that will allow you to download and use all the tool necessary to access the WU site...

I actually feel good that I was able to help...Now...If someone could just help me out with that damn ATI thread I posted.......

Shine,
AYHJA

@ AYHJA: I still don't understand what you mean! I had a hard time finding it too but that was when it was just a few days old. What tools are you talking about?

The only spot that I could find that had the download, was some free software site...It had the whole kit and kaboodle, everything you need to do what this topic suggests...But, when you download the file, which was about 1MB, the contents were password protected...

To get the password, you had to fill in those blanks, and that was what my post was about...

Shine,
AYHJA

OK! Thanks!

when I go to windows update site it says my product id cannt be verified or something like this but i never had a problem installing service packs or auto updating updates?? whats this?

@emel: Means WU5 has blocked your product key/ID, so read the rest of this thread.

lol may be its time to change PID.

Yes, and anything other then *-640-* will not work.

just changed the PID and its ok now. according to a dutch neowin user, he saw windows sp2 ver. 5.4.3790.2181 built by: srv03_rtm(nsoy) in the windows update.

Yes, but he's Dutch.

So you have to take what he says with a grain of salt, as cannabis is still legal there.

yeh i know the site u mean, but i already knew the words due to using ebay a fair bit

good stuff to help others tho

roll on sp2 release date (offical)

Does anyone know if there is a way to change a Corporate Edition of WinXP to an OEM edition? My PC came with Windows XP Pro installed, but it came with all the other junk and no Windows recovery CD. So, I used one of the other copies of WinXP I have and used a Corporate Product key. Now, I want to change it back to the key that came with my PC, but it keeps telling me that its invalid. How can I fix this?

Theres no easy way of converting it. If you could obtain the correct OEM media for the key you have, you could try an in place upgrade (the third type of repair.....) but it sounds like you don`t have the cd. Really you should either get the correct CD from the manufacturer and use your OEM key, or use a non blacklisted volume license product key with your current install.

I have a Q:

Is it possible to slipstream a SP2 Build 2162 to a WinXP SP1 and use a key
from the keygen (PID 640 ofcourse) ?

@Tarkules: Yes, and as a matter of fact, that's covered over here. However, at this point, you might as well wait for the RTM build of SP2.

When does Windows Update 5 reject you if you have a bad key?

@blunden: Probably when you hit the Install buttons, but I don't have first hand experience with being rejected.

P.S. Running 2162 and I see MS has now put out a new version of WU5.

Hmm. Guess I'm okay then.

I thought WU 5 had gone final (as it is has been translated to Swedish)?!

i think WUv5 has gone final actually but since MS isnt sayin nuffin , dont assume!

isnt this topic pretty useless now that its been proven that SP2 will install on even an illegal copy of XP.

ive also heard windows update will not check for a legit key either now.

@Something Corporate: Yes, it seems that Microsoft quietly reversed its position on the whole key issue.

Oh well, this topic will remain for informational purposes as this whole forum will soon become an archive anyway.

This thread is a goldmine, given you actual read what's posted. Awesome work from you guys. Not that any of you care what I say, but still...

hi there,

i'm currently on a 'bad' version of xp pro corp with sp1. i'm going to wait for the full release of sp2. and win update v5 is working fine for me at the moment.

so here's the thing, i actually have a legit version of xp pro corp with a proper cd key but i'm not using it at the moment, i would definitely prefer to use it but won't bother changing if sp2 etc. will be ok on what i'm running now.

so is win update v5 working now a sufficient test that i'll be able to install sp2 and continue using win update without any problems?

thanks in advance for your help, colm.

What do you mean by that?!

@busman401: What I mean by that is, in time, this forum will be closed and will become a read-only archive now that SP2's been released.

At that point, everyone will be forced to use the "Windows Family" forum like they do now regarding SP1.

When you used the word "forum" instead of "topic" I feared the worst.

@busman: I did mean to use the word "forum", but you misinterpreted that as being all of the forums or the "board" (i.e. the whole site). No worries there though as I do just mean the "Windows XP SP2" forum.

I am using a corp cd and my pid is in the 648-63888xx range will it be ok?
I really dont want to go through the key hell AGAIN

and I have an old keygen for sp1 .... will that generate a useable key for sp2?

@Flammenfaust: Evidently all this additional checking was quietly removed from the release, so you should be okay as is.

The new rule of thumb is that if it worked in SP1, then it will continue to work in SP2.

Cool. And cool.

Yep, I 2nd that!! Sounds good to me..