Pro Upgrade Not Working - The Pid Is Not Valid
Sep 5, 2005
I have a Dell 8400, XP Home Edition SP 2 that came pre-installed. I purchased a retail XP Pro SP2 upgrade. It won't install. I get the message: The pid is not valid for this version of Windows XP. Provide the pid that came with the Windows XP upgrade CD. I know its not from the Product Key I'm giving it being invalid, because when I intentionally type it in wrong, I get another kind of error message about a bad PID. Also, I purchased the retail from a large office supply chain. So, why can't I use a retail upgrade XP Pro on top of a OEM XP home?
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May 7, 2005
My computer totally crashed and I had to go in and format the MBR and load the Ntldr file as well. But now when I try to do a fresh install and boot from the XP cd i get to where I press the F8 to agree and the message I get is as follows:
"The setup can not find a previous version of windows installed on your computer. To continue, setup needs to verify that you qualify to use this upgrade product. Please insert your windows NT3.51,windows NT4.0, windows 2000 CD into the specified drive and click enter to continue".I know this sounds like I am using a Upgrade CD to Windows XP but the CD i am using IS a full OEM Version of Windows XP and NOT a upgrade version
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Nov 19, 2008
I want to upgrade from ME to XP. I ran the upgrade Advisor for XP and have found a few issues I may need to address. The main issue for me is the internet.
Network adapters
Network TeleSystems EnterNet PPPoE Adapter
If someone could take a look at these results and tell me what will happen? I'm not sure and don't want to crash anything or not be able to connect to the internet. Setup found hardware or software on your computer that might not or will not work with Windows XP. You should read and understand this upgrade report before continuing.........
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Jun 14, 2010
After I installed a usb 2.0 card and triple my memory size. my monitor after about an hour stop working. I tried everything (or almost everything that I know). I reseat the battery on the motherboarb, disconnect and reconnect almost every wire, use different monitors` that I know works, still their is no signal going to my monitor when I boot.
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Dec 21, 2008
Anyone else having issues with their network shares after winxp update? I didn't upgrade to SP3 because this upgrade had caused a problem for me also. Just did a few security fixes.. Is there a way to fix this without having to uninstall all the patches?
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Nov 18, 2006
me how much memory i can install on my pc and also what size sticks i should buy
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) Compaq Presario 5405EA 470032-640 MODEL1
System Serial Number: 4D23KQNTB02G
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 073Ch
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Nov 4, 2009
working on a dell dimension 4600 with the product key reading "Windows XP Professional 1-2CPU" i am re-installing widows xp pro on there and its saying the product key is not valid.
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Jul 9, 2008
It pops up when I try to start different programs. Games, movies, whatever.
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Sep 27, 2003
When right clicking my windows XP desktop and selecting properties I get the following error:"Rundll32.exe - bad image" The application or DLL C:windowssystem32 hemeui.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette."This error began occcuring after installing new video drivers for my 128 DDR ATI Radeon 9700 TX video card. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, and returning to an older set of drivers. No luck. While in safe mode I get the same error.On a potentially related note, attempting to access system performance settings from system properties also gives the same error.Otherwise everything else on my system appears to be working perfectly fine.
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Sep 10, 2006
The machine is a Dell Dimension 2350 wiith 512 ram, XP Home. The full error message is "The application or DLL C:Windowssystem32DNSAPI.dll not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette." I ran a windows install and selected repair. This got the system booted up. I then loaded Avast A/V and removed many viruses. then I downloaded windows updates, after I installed SP 2 and the system reboots the error message above comes back and windows is stuck at a black screen. Is it possible to copy the DLL using repair console and if so where to find DNSAPI.dll?
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Jun 1, 2006
I am trying to install windows and it says that certain files are "not vaid windows xp file image", or some nonsense like that. I click retry it will continue. I get to the actual windows installation screen and it comes up with some fatal error, its different every time.I am using a real genuine copy of xp sp2.
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Feb 4, 2006
I downloaded it ran it and rebooted but I am still having the same issue. I am trying to install a program and still get This is not a valid win32 application. All the EXE Icons look like the old MS Dos Icon's. I am currently scanning the machine but am most of the way through and no viruses have been found.
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Feb 17, 2005
This is my first post so I'm likely to appear stupid. I'm of average computer competence but love the things. Short story is this:I have an accounting program in which I have data files for each year of my business. These have been successfully backed up for years on CD and now JumpDrive, and stored on the desktop with a shortcut for easy access.I downloaded and installed SP2. Now when trying to open a file, I get the message C:XXXXXXXXX is not a valid Win32 application. It always was before so what changed?I cannot back up my current files because that is the name I've always used. The computer doesn't recognize the name as valid so I have no security. An ancillary problem is that years ago, my adorable husband somehow associated my old data file to be opened with MusicMatch. (We don't even discuss this.) I managed a workaround so that I got the files to open with their program application even though I could never change the icon from MusciMatch. No harm no foul. No longer. Post SP2, the danged thing went back to opening MusicMatch, ignoring my old workaround. Messing with it for hours got it to where I'm now getting the invalid file messagel.
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Apr 19, 2010
Error comes up saying that D: is not a valid win32 application .
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Mar 4, 2007
I cannot access the C drive, get the above error message. Also, when doing a right click "OPEN" and "EXPLORE" are not written correcly, I can only see some weird characters. Could it be a virus?
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Aug 28, 2005
Trying to open the command prompt in XP and all I get is "c:windowssystem32cmd.exe is not a valid win32 application".
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Sep 8, 2006
I have moved my lexmark x1100 all in one to another pc I am now getting the message 'the handle is invalid ' what does this mean and how do I fix it?
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Sep 25, 2006
If I have a Windows XP Pro CD in English with a valid key, and that I change my CD for a Windows XP Pro French CD, will the key still be valid?
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Jan 30, 2008
When trying to install XP over 2000 I get the following error.no valid system partitions were found etc.Can someone tell me how to fix this.
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Jan 8, 2006
This is Bhaskar and I am very new to this website, Can anyone help me with the following problem? I have XP Operating System, FAT32 file system and when ever I load my PC, it will scan the C drive and stops at this particular file called " pagefile.sys first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.39 percent completed." and nothing happens later :-(
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Jul 12, 2006
This just started to happen to me yesterday after an update was installed automatically from Microsoft.
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Apr 5, 2006
I have a Dell 1100 Inspirion laptop & can't use it, an error states that I have a bad image & winsrv.dll is not valid. It also advised me to check my installation disk. I have Windows XP Home Edition. Can you help me boot my windows so I can try to fix the problem. All I have is a blue screen with the error messages everytime I tried to turn on my laptop.
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Feb 14, 2007
I'm trying to run Regedit. I type REGEDIT and I get an error message saying "Regedit is not a valid Win32 application"It runs msconfig and sfc /scannow but not regedit. It did before. The only thing I have done differently is install more ram today.
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Jul 16, 2010
I just installed an HP Deskjet 5740. I could not find the install disk, so I installed the drivers and software through the HP Support Website. Now I am receiving an error box that will NOT close. It reads the following: hpcmpmgr.exe - Bad Image. The application or DLL c:WINDOWSsystem32msxml4.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette. I tried to run the HP software updates but that would not work.
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Feb 17, 2005
I have an accounting program in which I have data files for each year of my business. These have been successfully backed up for years on CD and now JumpDrive, and stored on the desktop with a shortcut for easy access. I downloaded and installed SP2. Now when trying to open a file, I get the message C:XXXXXXXXX is not a valid Win32 application. It always was before so what changed?I cannot back up my current files because that is the name I've always used. The computer doesn't recognize the name as valid so I have no security.
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Feb 26, 2008
Every time I try to update a programme I get this message, I notice it says IE5, I'm using IE6 if that makes any difference to the error report.
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Feb 11, 2010
I have been installed by windows xp sp3 after intallation all program work after i have reboot a dialog box appear that says explorer exe is not a valid win32 application and some of program was like this and windows file protection always appear.
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Aug 12, 2005
I have Windows XP on my machine and I downloaded Oracle 9.0.2 from Oracle website and when I unzip the files and click on Setup.exe, I get the message c:downloadsdisk1setup.exe is not a valid Win32
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files into a different folder and everytime I am getting the same message.
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May 5, 2008
I have downloaded several programs which state they are compatible with Windows XP. However, when I try to open them, I get an error stating they are not valid win32 applications.
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Apr 12, 2005
I friend of mine bought a new HP 6210 all-in-one. When I went to install the software for it I got this error message "%1 is not a valid Win32 application". I have researched this error and as far as I can figure it applies only to windows 2000 server and pro. He is running XP Pro. any suggestions on a fix to get this all-in-one working?
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Mar 13, 2007
My Computer is on XPSP2 and Office2003,the promlem is that (null) is not a valid win32 application when try to open any office appliactions, Mozilla firefox. My PC has restore points but when try to restore, process the request and finally reply "Restoration Process Incomplete" or restoration fail.
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