CD key not valid after slipstreaming sp3

[Guest Wildprairie]

I am trying to upgrade a laptop with an oem mce 2004 system. I have an older

version xp pro upgrade disk and when I try it, I get a message that the

installed version is newer than the one I am trying to install. I

slipstreamed sp3 into the disk and now it is willing to make the upgrade, but

then says my cd key is not valid.

 

FYI concerns about piracy: The xppro disk was on a P3 that I salvaged for

parts. It will be on only 1 machine.

 

PS: When I start a clean install with the original disk it does accept the

key that came with it. I also tried all the keys in the pid.inf and the

unattend.txt files.

[Guest Wildprairie]

RE: CD key not valid after slipstreaming sp3

 

 

 

After I posted my question, I installed an old version of xp home on a clean

hd and tried upgrading with my slipstreamed disk. It worked fine, so the

trouble must be with mce 2004 ???

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: CD key not valid after slipstreaming sp3

 

On Jul 15, 3:57 pm, Wildprairie

<Wildprai...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I am trying to upgrade a laptop with an oem mce 2004 system.  I have an older

> version xp pro upgrade disk and when I try it, I get a message that the

> installed version is newer than the one I am trying to install.  I

> slipstreamed sp3 into the disk and now it is willing to make the upgrade, but

> then says my cd key is not valid.

>

> FYI concerns about piracy: The xppro disk was on a P3 that I salvaged for

> parts.  It will be on only 1 machine.

>

> PS: When I start a clean install with the original disk it does accept the

> key that came with it.  I also tried all the keys in the pid.inf and the

> unattend.txt files.

 

XP versions and CD keys are not interchangeable! Media Centre Edition

(MCE) keys require a MCE install media. XP Pro CD requires an XP Pro

key. You can not update the XP while using a different type of CD

key.

 

MCE XP version is a modified XP Pro version with a lot of network

setting removed and additional "media" applications added.

[Guest Wildprairie]

Re: CD key not valid after slipstreaming sp3

 

Thanks smlunatick for responding. However, the first key I tried in many

attempts was the one that came with the xp pro disk. Sorry if I worded the

original question poorly.

[Guest Daave]

Re: CD key not valid after slipstreaming sp3

 

"Wildprairie" <Wildprairie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C1D988FC-9D89-44E3-9A16-D1A7718E563C@microsoft.com...

> After I posted my question, I installed an old version of xp home on a

> clean

> hd and tried upgrading with my slipstreamed disk. It worked fine, so

> the

> trouble must be with mce 2004 ???

 

Only XP Home may be upgraded to XP Pro. See "Windows XP supported

upgrade paths":

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607

[Guest sgopus]

Re: CD key not valid after slipstreaming sp3

 

The key supplied was for the original cd and service pack level, since you

added the scv pk3 I would think the install key is no longer valid.

since you discovered this by installing clean and using the original cd,

problem solved.

 

"Wildprairie" wrote:

> Thanks smlunatick for responding. However, the first key I tried in many

> attempts was the one that came with the xp pro disk. Sorry if I worded the

> original question poorly.