From: "Geo." 

"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
news:pan.2004.05.22.19.13.50.962809{at}shultzinfosystems.com...

> > Suppose you have an overpaid piece of Hollywood slim^H^H a producer
> > acquaintance who installed one of those Kuala Lumpur Win XP Corporate
> > serialz, and now can't update, and now is a menace whenever he so much as
> > turns on his WiFi.  Is there ANY reliable way of doing an overwrite
> > install that will replace that serial with that of a legit copy of Pro,
> > purchased recently? Yes, I watched (while he whipped out his credit card).
> >  No, I didn't get out the truncheon.  Yes, I did help him rip out Sasser
> > and seven spywares.
>
> I'd suggest just running the install as an upgrade, and seeing what
> happens.

Won't work, it's designed to force a fresh install if it's a pirated serial number.

What might work is if you can boot a second install, then modify the
product key (see http://www.nthelp.com/40/productid.htm) then boot that
original install and if it boots try an upgrade or maybe run the sid
changer program and try an update install again.

Geo.

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