about a year ago i purchased a few computers with xp pro on it. At the time I
thought xp was to buggy to use so i downgraded most computers to 2000. Now
that i think xp is stable, i recently purchased an upgrade cd (The cd's that
came with these computers are all clean installs). When i enter the key that
is on the computer, it says wrong key. How do go about doing this legally
without losing data (clean installs) and using the keys that came with the
computers (90% dells). Thanks in advace

You'll need to contact Dell and order their
Dell Reinstallation CD. The Dell Product Keys
will not work with a "Retail Version" of XP
because they are "OEM" Product Keys.

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"Treggeee" wrote:

| about a year ago i purchased a few computers with xp pro on it. At the time I
| thought xp was to buggy to use so i downgraded most computers to 2000. Now
| that i think xp is stable, i recently purchased an upgrade cd (The cd's that
| came with these computers are all clean installs). When i enter the key that
| is on the computer, it says wrong key. How do go about doing this legally
| without losing data (clean installs) and using the keys that came with the
| computers (90% dells). Thanks in advace

Treggeee wrote:
> about a year ago i purchased a few computers with xp pro on it. At the time I
> thought xp was to buggy to use so i downgraded most computers to 2000. Now
> that i think xp is stable, i recently purchased an upgrade cd (The cd's that
> came with these computers are all clean installs). When i enter the key that
> is on the computer, it says wrong key. How do go about doing this legally
> without losing data (clean installs) and using the keys that came with the
> computers (90% dells). Thanks in advace

You will have to use the key that came with the upgrade CD. You will
need a seperate upgrade key for each machine. The Dell keys will not
work.

this is not too good.......


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