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Thanks man, that worked really well

Okay, so i managed to find out that it was the error 0x0000008E. I did a search on yahoo to see what the symptoms were and found them here:

It says that this can be corrected by installing service pack one. That's totally fine, but i've tried to find the service pack one update and all i can get is links to windows auto-update, which defaults to service pack 2 (which i want to avoid installing)

Can anyone help me out with this?

Thanks,
Jack

This is the Network Install full download
Just click the file xpsp1a_en_x86.exe when it's finished downloading.

I downloaded the service pack successfully (which took a while on 56k!).

But now i'm a bit worried about installing it as i'm using an illegal version of XP Proffesional. I downloaded a program that allows you to change your cd-key, and i got a program called XP Key Recoverer and Discoverer. This seems to generate working keys for SP1 according to pages i found on google.

Is it safe to use this key that has been generated with SP1a? The last thing i want is to be locked out of my computer!

Thanks again,
Jack

PM me

You are getting into an area that will probably get further posts deleted.

Gates has enough money to buy lots of rope--no reason for us to get hung out to dry.