BF> I have a friend that have an illegal copy of XP that is unable to
 BF> update. If your copy is leagal, can it have (by misstake) been
 BF> registred as an illegal by MS?

I have read someware, that a illegal copy of XP will not work after a SPx
install. But as you have W2K, I don't think, that this is your problem ?

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