Issues and problems with Windows XP Service Pack 2

Did you ever experience issues while installing Service pack 2 of Windows XP?. To all the users who had problems installing service pack 2 has a solution.

Product IDs that matches one of the following (where X is any numeric value): XXXXX-640-0000356-23 XXX or XXXXX-640-2001765-23 XXX will be blocked from installing the service pack as they were blocked from Service Pack 1 (Click here for how to view your product id). If you have brought what you believe to be a legal version of Windows go back to where you purchased it and ask for a legal product key.

In order to install SP2 you will need a legal version of the Windows XP Edition you are currently using, insert the CD into your drive before Windows loads and boot from the CD (may require this function to be enabled in your computers BIOS). Once Windows XP setup has begun press Enter to start setup and press F8 to agree to the EULA. Select the current windows install to repair and press R. This will give you the ability to change the pirate key with a new legal retail key.

If you have the following problems, follow the link.
- Service Pack 2 Will not install, I'm told I have an invalid product key
- Service Pack 2 Setup could not verify the integrity of the file. Make sure the Cryptographic service is running
- When trying to upgrade to a later version of SP2 with a Beta or Release Candidate version already installed setup is terminated
- Atapi.sys is currently in use, please close all programs and continue.' Warning Message shown during setup

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