[Mr Angry]

I had a similar situation recently and when I was prompted to install drivers from my XP pro disk and I discovered it was cracked / broken. I phoned MS to enquire about a replacement disk - only to be told that the version I had was an "illegal" copy.

Despite my protestations the young woman with whom I spoke was insistent that it was illegal and that I would have to buy a new disk / license. I asked to be transferred through to their legal affairs department so I could report the supposed "illegal" sale of the software and the company in question.

After several minutes of "Ho, hum" I was told that my disk / licence was entirely legitimate as it had been purchased prior to Feb 2000 and something or other.

Lesson:

Don't assume that either the MS website or the first level support have any clue, whatsoever, when it comes to determining the legality / legitimacy of the software you are running.