Contact the manufacturer and check if it is compatible with Windows
XP.
You will probably need an update or a patch.
--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html
"Folwarczny" <folwarczny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:03a901c354c9$c0b198d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>
> I have Proel ProWin embroidery software on my computer.
> It requires a hardware key to activate the software. Well
> I recently bought a computer with Windows XP already
> installed, and the machine cannot detect my hardware key.