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I'm trying to install VS2010 on my new Windows 8 machine. This is an install from an MSDN subscription and it installed fine on my Windows 7 machine. But when I try on the new machine, I have to accept the EULA, and then it shows a messages that says:

You have entered an invalid product key for this product. The 25 character product key may be found on the media case or obtained online at: [some Microsoft page]

But this is really weird because there's no place to enter the product key, and it never asked for a key on Windows 7, which installed and worked fine. So I think it may be a Windows 8 thing.

Anyone know what's going on here?

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Here is a solution I found online for your problem:

  1. Find the setup\setup.sdb file in the Disk or Image.
  2. Open this setup.sdb file in Notepad like program.
  3. Find the tag [Product Key] BD9TPWJD9XBWX4KQPWVY4GW9G
  4. Replace this product key by new key either from any source or from

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/download

Under "REGISTER TO EXTEND YOUR TRIAL"

People say it helped.
Good Luck

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  • This worked to let me enter my product code, and then I was able to enter the correct code and install. Thanks! Jan 6, 2013 at 22:26

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