Installing windows over current installation

Is there any way of installing Windows over a current working installation?
I have a computer with a Conexant sound driver.  For many years it didnt
work because numerous windowsupdates werent compatible with the AC97 driver
and Conexant werent capable of producing a driver for my on-board sound
card, however new their driver was.

Suddenly two things happened. Despite Microsoft's inability to comeup with
any solution to their updates disabling sound on my computer and suggest any
cure, firstly the sound mysteriously started working. Then I got a
mysterious message telling me that I am using a now blocked volume license
and a consequently an invalid key.

I have spent years doing sfc /scannows, restores, repair installs etc
whenever the OS became a bit slow,  some of which may have requested the
product key again and I am never particularly careful which CD I use to do
this.

I now have the original restore CD for this manufacturer and want to install
the legitimate XP Home key over my present XP Home VLK installation in the
hope that sound will stay working.  Is there a way of doing this or should I
just stay happy with the nag pretending to me that I am using a possibly
counterfeit copy of Windows XP

I have tried all known methods of changing the product key and none of them
have accepted the changed key on the underside of my computer as valid.

Is there any way of installing Windows over a current working installation? I have
a computer with a Conexant sound driver. For many years it didnt work because
numerous windowsupdates werent compatible with the AC97 driver and Conexant werent
capable of producing a driver for my on-board sound card, however new their driver
was.

Suddenly two things happened. Despite Microsoft's inability to comeup with any
solution to their updates disabling sound on my computer and suggest any cure,
firstly the sound mysteriously started working. Then I got a mysterious message
telling me that I am using a now blocked volume license and a consequently an
invalid key.

I have spent years doing sfc /scannows, restores, repair installs etc whenever the
OS became a bit slow, some of which may have requested the product key again and
I am never particularly careful which CD I use to do this.

I now have the original restore CD for this manufacturer and want to install the
legitimate XP Home key over my present XP Home VLK installation in the hope that
sound will stay working. Is there a way of doing this or should I just stay happy
with the nag pretending to me that I am using a possibly counterfeit copy of
Windows XP

I have tried all known methods of changing the product key and none of them have
accepted the changed key on the underside of my computer as valid.

"smlunatick" wrote in message
news:
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I believe that there was never a VLK version of XP Home. VLK is
Volume License Key and was geared to businesses. Therefore the
version is more than likely Windows XP Pro. No, you can not install
XP Home on top of XP Pro. Nor can you consider doing an upgrade from
Windows XP Pro to XP Home.

Checking my PROPERTIES I now discover I made a mistake and you are right: This IS
XP Pro. Is there no way of doing an install of Home from the restore cd over the
Pro install, leaving the directory structure intact?

XP Home VLK ??? I know what VLK is but there is no VLK for XP Home. What
this suggests to me is that you are using a pirated version of XP

Peter

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"DManzaluni" wrote in message
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Is there any way of installing Windows over a current working
installation? I have a computer with a Conexant sound driver. For many
years it didnt work because numerous windowsupdates werent compatible
with the AC97 driver and Conexant werent capable of producing a driver
for my on-board sound card, however new their driver was.

Suddenly two things happened. Despite Microsoft's inability to comeup
with any solution to their updates disabling sound on my computer and
suggest any cure, firstly the sound mysteriously started working. Then I
got a mysterious message telling me that I am using a now blocked volume
license and a consequently an invalid key.

I have spent years doing sfc /scannows, restores, repair installs etc
whenever the OS became a bit slow, some of which may have requested the
product key again and I am never particularly careful which CD I use to
do this.

I now have the original restore CD for this manufacturer and want to
install the legitimate XP Home key over my present XP Home VLK
installation in the hope that sound will stay working. Is there a way of
doing this or should I just stay happy with the nag pretending to me that
I am using a possibly counterfeit copy of Windows XP

I have tried all known methods of changing the product key and none of
them have accepted the changed key on the underside of my computer as
valid.