Need to change Product KEY on XP

This is a discussion about Need to change Product KEY on XP in the Customization Tweaking category; Someone activated a copy of XP from my stash and SP1 is giving me problems on install. I have another copy but I don't want to reinstall, is there a way to change the KEY?.

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Someone activated a copy of XP from my stash and SP1 is giving me problems on install. I have another copy but I don't want to reinstall, is there a way to change the KEY?

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That's a rather bizarre reason for asking that question. Normally, it would be "I have a pirated key for my copy of XP, but since SP1 will no longer install I had to get a new key but I need to know how to change it". But we can't say that around here, now can we...

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Thank you for the link, thank you a lot! I have several copies of XP as I am an OEM builder. I just used the wrong freekin key for my woman's XP box and wanted to set it right.