Re: 25-digin CD key number

From: Paul Adare (padare_at_newsguy.com)
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 04:35:11 -0500

In article <vrg77dqrofaud0@corp.supernews.com>, in the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin news group, Bruce Chambers
<bchambers@nospamcableone.net> says...

> Not in my personal experience. I've seen the CapsLock key cause
> Product Key errors on more than one occasion.
>

Not with WindowsXP. AS a matter of fact, if you check it some time,
you'll find that the CAPS LOCK setting is ignored for the Windows XP
product key. The input forces everything into uppercase. 

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