trouble with computer yard sale!

I bought a computer at a yard sale(stupid!) community only to find that it came with a pirated version is not a valid Windows Professional, the computer is old and now I can not upgrade to my new version of windows 7 because it says that I need to download the sp2, well I can not download the sp2 because I have a valid version of windows already installed without product key and can not validate the software I'm stuck! an input or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Option A: You yourself bought a new doorstop.

Option B:

1. Download this diagnostic tool, save it to your desktop: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56062

-Online Windows XP: double-click the executable file to run the tool.

-Online Vista & Win7: right-click on the executable and select run as administrator to run the tool.

2. after running the tool, click on the button continue, and then click the copy button (to the Clipboard).

NB: You can open a new file in Notepad, paste the contents of the Clipboard in it & keep for future reference.

3 start a new thread in the following Microsoft Genuine Advantage forum and paste the results of the diagnosis of MGA tool in your post, and a clear description of your problem:

If it's a Vista computer-online http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinevista/threads

If it's a Windows XP computer-online http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinewindowsxp/threads

4 Troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend an appropriate solution.

~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

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