Yup, just got an error on Windows Update even tho I haven't touched it And i'm running Sp1! (but ver. 5 for windows update)

thanks

mine's not up there

Oh, I see you re-posted it it over swgreed, so instead I'll ask you in English then for your source on this information. Was it trial & error or what?

I have a product key of -640- running in Sp1 with WU ver.5 but Windows Update still says it can't validate the product key

Edit: My PID: *****-640-4068377-*****

There is a view that only 640-500 to 640-600 pids are valid.

I cannot categorically state that this true but it seems to hold up in practice.

Alright... Thanks

Edit: okay i got my PID to be 640-0005423
but still no luck


**Is there a maximum time I can change my CD Key? I've changed it 3 times today! lol

640-500xxxx to 640-600xxx should do the trick.

False. My (LEGIT) PID is 640-151, and it works fine. This is not keygened, this is a legit corp key from work.

Does that mean -640-5168116- would work? Cause i did it and it doesn't

Yeah, as I stated over here Ixus, that's definitely untrue.

XXXXX-008-3581551-XXXXX

lol...

this is my XP PID...

btw it works

for those that have to change the pid, like me. Use this

http://s86953812.onlinehome.us/kf141.zip

It lets you see and change you key, and this one works, unlike the one I just had posted.

thanks ml

As we've told you before, you don't have a Corporate version of XP! You have a retail version, so this does NOT apply to you!!!

How can I know what XP PID I will get, when using a given serial?

Use the bluelist keygen to "test key"

reminds me of SP1 omfg loads of members signing up jus to say...

WHERD CNA I FET LEFIT GENKEYS?!!?????!??!??????oneoneone << OMGBBQHAX style..

Does that not just test the validity of the key, to see if it's "VALID" according to it's programmed standards?.. or does it actually show you the PID associated with that?

thanks, but I tried several keys, but nothink works

it shows the important part of the PID when it tests the key

No offense FBtje, but just to check, you are rebooting your machine in between Windows Update tests right? 'cause you need to in order to properly get the new PID value into play.

edit: talked to taco. useless rant

Useless rant, whatever. You just told me you used a retail key on XP Corporate, so that's a retail PID value! Therefore, your download of XP Corporate MUST have had the pidgen.dll in order to make use of retail keys instead of Corporate keys.

P.S. I got some bad news tonight, so I'm in a bad mood and, believe me, you don't want to take me on right now.

ACTUALLY Taco Bell, that's not necessarily the case. I had a blacklisted key, then I actually entered a legit key thru a key changer. RIGHT AWAY, I found the PID was changed in My Computer Properties, then immediately after I was able to use Windows update, WITHOUT a reboot in between. To test this, I changed to a non 640 PID, no reboot, instantly later, Windows update gave me invalid key problem. Then rebooted.. still invalid key. SO, I changed BACK TO a 640 PID, did not reboot, and Windows update worked.

So, goes to show, at least on MY system, reboot is not needed. Try it if you'd like!

Well I threw that out there since FBtje was still having problems, so I'm figuring he was modifying the registry by hand.

In your case though newalloy, I would surmise that program was doing a flush of the registry and/or an broadcast announcement to inform Windows of Windows of the registry change. Thus, removing the need for a reboot.

Either way though, a reboot wouldn't hurt, so it was worth a try to suggest it.

hmm interesting.. thanx for the info

I've tried many keys with no luck, although now after reading the posts here I think I now understand the PID thing.

Can someone 100% clarify that if you have a good PID, update works fine.

And can anybody tell me what PID works.

If you have a valid CD-KEY, it generates a valid PID and it works.



NO

OK. Thanks,

I'm sorted now , I got help from another thread .


see: http://board.iexbeta.com/ibf10/index.php?s...15&#entry525540

just FYI, the reboot is key when you change the key. i think maybe that's some people's problem.

not really, it you do it manually it is. but not if you use a program that incorperated MS's scripts. I changed mine and open up my computer and my PID changed immediatly.

Hmmm

My PID is xxxxx-642-1615447-xxxxx and it won't let me update, it and every other bluelist-ed key ive made won't work on sp2 or windows update, is there a workaround around this?

I've sent you a PM. But you can thank ml20 for it.

Just thogught I would say the reason I told everyone to create 500-600 cdkeys is because they indeed create 640-500000 thru 640-600000 which btw are valid corp cdkeys that microsoft is issueing right now.

So no worries. Windows update works every time. It better seeing as they are the same keys that companies are getting.

So if microsoft where to ban 640-500000 thru 640-600000 cdkeys then they would ban a shit load of valid corp. cdkeys and a ton of compaines would be pretty damn pissed.

So guess we are pretty damn safe. hehe

And no that does not mean other cdkey ranges dont work cause indeed they do. But most of them are not, I repeat are not valid corp cdkeys. They just happen to work because Microsoft did not blacklist them via windows but instead windows update. Thats why you can installed windows fine but can not use windows update.

So my point is get the damn keygen and create 500-600 ranage cdkeys and your good to go and no more damn windows update problems and hopefully no more winning from users. haha Yea right. I'm dreaming there.

Like this people:



Then just click generate button of course and use one of the cdkeys it then lists. Simple as that.

Hmmmm am i missing something in Wars post

if i set the keygen to the graphic above and generate a key i get a 640 pid but always get 640-000xxxx, not 640-5xxxxx or 640-6xxxxx

have only used a couple of the keys and they work fine with sp2 so no problems

just trying to understand what i am missing or doing wrong

tony

@EVERYONE: Openly requesting key generators goes against the board rules. Discussion is fine, but no such requests/links.

@war59312: it should be 500000 instead of 500; same for 600. or else you will run into a situation like tony adams. see screenie below.

Either should work to tell you the truth. I perfer 500-600 keys. Everyone I have tried works perfect. Tried over 100 of them. That and a little while paper I've read.

Tried a few 500000-600000 and they work as well. I just perfer to be more specific. BTW not all 500000-600000 are valid corp keys. 500-600 are.

Well not 100% on that. But its a true statment seeing as i have tried a few and yes windows installs fine but windows update is dead. That is 500000-600000 keys.

NONE of the 10 or so 500-600 range worked. The first 500000-600000 ranged key worked.

Oh, and I HAD to reboot, even if it showed up as the right PID, Windows Update still stored the info and refused to see the new PID until it was rebooted.

Damn VLK, I'm waiting for SP2 to be fully released so I can format and install my actual OEM key.

Yea you do have to reboot. At least I have every time. Um strange. oh well everyone pretty much knows how to get a valid key now, i hope...

Thanks for the info war - worked well for me!

yeah.. i know I did.. but still no luck

why do I get this:

xxxxx-645-4754906-xxxxx

why is it 645 and not 640 even if the range I choose is 640?

Mine is -OEM-0040674- and i am working ok

This is all good to know, I was able to change my PID as well, but why doesn't M $ just keep a text database of issued keys on their site and check the validity of the users keys when using Window$ Update? (I hope that they don't start.)

Weird. To give it a try, I loaded Corp up on VMWare and tried the bluelist keygen. I left it on default settings and the first 10 keys I tried for Corp worked with no problems. For now, though, I'm back to running my legit Win2k because XP bogs my laptop too much for regular use.



That's because it's OEM, not CORP.

they do. they check the keys against hardware and the relative location of the user (IP / fone trace. no joke) thats y i activated server 2003 (1 license eval) on 4 systems in different locatins (same county tho)

welcome to IEX

my cd key wotrks just fine.

cause i rule

lol same here...

both my server 2003 key i got from borders (the eval copy rofl) and my XP corp key (the key isnt corp but the OS is) are legit rofl