XP Home->Pro w/SvcPk2 install hangs-Product ID not valid

The PC had Windows XP Home edition installed and I wanted to upgrade it to XP
Professional.

I downloaded from MDSN Windows XP Professional with Support Pack 2 (English)
-- file en_winxp_pro_with_sp2.iso ISO-9660 CD Image, SHA-1 Hash
9b1b8098395872b8e8e1012215f8d72ae7c5e030

I burnt that disk image to a CD and stated the Setup. It asked me for a
Product Key and I entered the one available from MDSN for it. It began the
installation, progressed to the re-boot stage, then resumed with Installing
Windows until the 33 minutes remaining point -- up pops the
enter-your-Product Key dialog again, with my Key already in it, I click Next
and get the error "The Product Id you entered is not valid."
I can't get past this point. If I re-boot, Windows Setup immediately begins
again and brings me after repeating 6 minutes of Installing Windows work back
to this point.

Note: if it really means Product ID, rather than Key, the pop-up provides no
place for one to enter a Product ID.

Troubleshooting invalid CD key error message during Windows XP setup
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310637

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"dreibede" wrote:

| The PC had Windows XP Home edition installed and I wanted to upgrade it to XP
| Professional.
|
| I downloaded from MDSN Windows XP Professional with Support Pack 2 (English)
| -- file en_winxp_pro_with_sp2.iso ISO-9660 CD Image, SHA-1 Hash
| 9b1b8098395872b8e8e1012215f8d72ae7c5e030
|
| I burnt that disk image to a CD and stated the Setup. It asked me for a
| Product Key and I entered the one available from MDSN for it. It began the
| installation, progressed to the re-boot stage, then resumed with Installing
| Windows until the 33 minutes remaining point -- up pops the
| enter-your-Product Key dialog again, with my Key already in it, I click Next
| and get the error "The Product Id you entered is not valid."
| I can't get past this point. If I re-boot, Windows Setup immediately begins
| again and brings me after repeating 6 minutes of Installing Windows work back
| to this point.
|
| Note: if it really means Product ID, rather than Key, the pop-up provides no
| place for one to enter a Product ID.