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I have tried to use the key with that disc and it tells me that the provided key doesn't support that version of Windows (or something to that extent, I'm at work now and don't have it in front of me). I will try it again and post exactly what it says.

Hello, Quick background to explain my situation: My girlfriend has a Dell desktop that has XP Home installed on it but it didn't come with a restore disc. The machine is now 5 years old and out of warranty so getting a disc from Dell is not an option. I have a Windows XP Home SP3 OEM disc but the computer has a key for the original version (no service packs installed) so it will not work with my disc. Is there a way to remove the service packs so that I can reinstall using the original key?