Elemdee
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I had an OEM Win XP Pro (no SP's) not activate using the Microsoft Phone method. It was an old Compaq laptop that needed a reinstall. Tried entering the key during install and got the error that the key was invalid so I skipped that step and tried activating by phone. Then contacted HP chat, went through an hour of chat (all saved in a word document for future laughs) in which they said without an HP recovery CD, which they could no longer provide, the customer would have to repurchase XP. eh?