My Key wont work after Slipstreaming

[jenanay]

Hi all. I have slipstreamed sp2 to XP but now my serial number wont work when i try to install. I havent been able to find any info about this problem, any suggestions??

Thanks,

Jen

[LiquidSage]

If you have a vlk/corp edition that might have come your way.....I believe that some blacklisted keys will not work when you SS SP2, just like SSing XP Gold w/ SP1 did,

If you own it, you might not be putting the key in correctly.

[trickytwista]

yep that would make sense

[jenanay]

Thanks guys...

Jen

[compass]

u must give the serial no of latest Xp (That mean included SP2 )

u can solve ur problem ...

[terryeast]

I have the same problem. I bought all my copies of WIN XP while they were either "Original" or SP1. Now I've learned how to slipstream SP2 and I find that my cd key is no longer accepted. Must be some legit way to fix this other than going through the fussiness of reinstalling with original cd and having to update all over again.

Any suggestions?

[suryad]

I am sure there could be a way. But you know you could download the SP2 and burn a cd along with all other ancillary software you might use later on. So just in case you dont find a way to legally enter the key in and slipstream SP2 into your cd.

[terryeast]

Could do that but slipstreaming and making an "unattended" installation disk is so nifty. Now if only my legit key would work with it....

[LiquidSage]

call MS and tell them XP won't let you in because of some sort of 'validation' problem. They should just ask for your old key to validate the copy and then issue a new one.

[terryeast]

I think I finally have an answer. I build my own pcs so I always buy my OS as a retail package. The machine I'm trying to load now with slipstreamed XP (made from retail package original disk) is a laptop that came with an OEM version of windows XP. Seems that MS has a different key code scheme between the two. My understanding now is that if I slipstreamed my OEM version it would work for my laptop and maybe only that laptop. Retail seems to work on any of my machines as long as I use the correct unique key code. So for now I'm loading with original cd and adding SP2 and other updates the old fashioned way.