richiebob Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Hi i have been told this is the place to go for help well i have a problem i created an unattended iso winxp pro sp2everything goes ok untill i reboot then i get an error saying "The product key is not valid for this media type please use the correct installation cd to reinstall windows ERROR CODE:0x80040509" can anyone help the key i use is valid on a normal install but not unattend.plz plz help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durex Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 This may sound like a silly question... but are you sure youre using the CDKEY which goes with the Windows CD you created the unattended ISO with? Also, how are you formatting the CDKEY in the winnt.sif file?... and welcome to msfn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richiebob Posted March 3, 2005 Author Share Posted March 3, 2005 Thanx for your welcome this board is greati checked the cd key again started from scratch but it still comes up with the same errorwhen i start the installation it says setting up xp home but the start bar says xp pro so does the sartup screen maybe that has something to do with itplz help tryed msfn unattended cd setup but to no availplz help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yadzil Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 There are different Serial no for those are using XP, XP+SP1, and XP+SP2. Check back your Winnt.sif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six6siX Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 I'm having the same problem as described above - doing unattended setup xp home edition with sp2 slipstreamed and all goes fine until...Computer reboots and goes to log in for the first time and comes up with the same error. My product key is in winnt.sif and I have even tried taking it out of winnt.sif and putting it in manually during install to see if that made a difference.Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLF Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 The product key is not valid for this media typeWhat ident files are in root of your CD? Sounds like you've got an incorrect mix and what CD are you using for your source Home or Pro?For slipstreamed WinXP Pro with SP2 you should have:WIN51 WIN51IPWIN51IP.SP2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakarias Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 heeeeeeyi just couldn't help breaking into this post because im having this problem...the files in my root cd folder are:WIN51WIN51ICWIN51IC.SP2integrated sp2 xp (¿pro?) cdplease help!!and thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiz Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Hi i have been told this is the place to go for help well i have a problem i created an unattended iso winxp pro sp2everything goes ok untill i reboot then i get an error saying "The product key is not valid for this media type please use the correct installation cd to reinstall windows ERROR CODE:0x80040509" can anyone help the key i use is valid on a normal install but not unattend.plz plz helpYou have to boot from cd !!! otherwise the serial will not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 zakarias: You have the HOME EDITION cdrom , make sure it's not a copy of a OEM edition (like DELL,MEDION, and others ...)note: since SP2 the boot screen is same as all windows xp version (home, pro & corp) ... there is just Microsoft windows XP ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Was this box already activated before? It sounds like the activation portion is not working (you may have to call PSS to get this to work again, unfortunately). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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