Your company has a volume licensing agreement with Microsoft for using Windows XP Professional on 50 client computers. You receive a volume license product key from Microsoft that must be used to install Windows XP Professional on the computers. Since you have lost the Windows XP Pro CD that was sent by Microsoft, you must purchase a new copy of the installation disc. During the Windows XP Pro setup using the attended installation method, you type the volume license key and the setup displays an error message that states "Invalid product key." How should you proceed?
A)Use the product key at the back of the retail copy of the CD.
B)Contact Microsoft for a volume license version of the CD-ROM and use the key that comes with it.
C)Contact a Microsoft Activation center to obtain a product activation key.
D)Create an unattended installation answer file with your company's volume license product key and continue the installation.

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To be able to use the volume licensing agreement from Microsoft, you would need to have the volume retail version of the CD and the key for that CD.
Key Takeaway: The licenses acquired through Microsoft's volume licensing programs need not be activated. Volume license customers should input a volume license product key when installing Windows XP from a volume license media. The product key on a retail version of the XP CD cannot be used to install volume license copies.

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