Run installation as usual and when you get to the cd key part, take note of the format of the key. mine was xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx Then just restart.... by hitting the cancel button. Then start up in SAFE MODE (I don't remember the key for that sorry) After some time it SHOULD start up. Then goto Start then run and enter regedit. Do a search for product key or cd key with all 3 check boxes checked. This is where I'm fuzzy.... You should keep hitting F3 until you find a folder with a lot of things in it.... 3 of which you are looking for.... something like : HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProductId HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProductKey --The other two are bsically what is entered AFTER the cd key part, in the installation, which are the name of your business, and the name of the owner. Business usuer (or something similar) registered user(The owner basically) Change the cd key string to anything that matches the format you carefully took note of earlier. Then change the string for the other 2. Be creative if you like...."Briancorp" and "Brian Carr". Then just exit and restart the computer and it should skip the product key and just start up. Let me know if you need this cleared up a bit..... lol