Im getting a message that my Windows XP key is not valid.

Got an old computer, less hard, but always drive with an original sticker of authenticity.  Code does not work.

Two months earlier, the installation I've worked for has been closed by its new owners.  Some of the (former) work computers were given, less disk hard but with the sticker of authenticity always on the tower.  I bought a new hard drive and tried to use the code with Windows 7.  Would not work.  I thought he should be professional XP, which was what the sticker specified.  I could get an XP Professional installation CD, and when asked for the product key prior to complete installation, it tells me that the code is not valid.  Someone at - it how to deal with this?  It is a cheap computer, so I'm not going to buy a new copy of Windows.  The code is official, and it should work.

The sticker of COA, the tower is probably a version of Windows XP OEM and the disc you have is probably a "retail" Windows XP product key that is not going to work with an OEM product key... Sorry!

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