OK, the only exits are:
1. When you bought your XP copy you registered it with Microsoft. It used to be free to call and ask for help. Figure 35 and up bucks which is cheaper than a new key.
2. Buy it again. This usually inflames the entitled folk but seriously. If everyone ran a Belarc Advisor report or better yet made a backup then this could be avoided.
3. Change to another OS. Linux is free.
Bob
Compaq Presario 3200AMDSempron Prosser,increased 256 mem to 1.94Gb,80 GB hd,CD-RW DVD-ROM, Lost key to winXP, Regedit / HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/ beyond this nothing.

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